Landing gear comprising static sealing points
AssigneeSafran Landing Systems
InventorsAnaïs Flegny, Sacha Mierzejewski, Nicolas Mathon
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Abstract
A landing gear wherein it includes at least one static sealing point, the static sealing point comprising a gasket made of elastically deformable material held between a portion of a first part of the landing gear and a portion of a second part of the landing gear, the first and second parts of the landing gear comprising a steel substrate coated with a zinc and nickel alloy coating, including in mass percentage of the alloy between 12% and 18% and nickel, at most 0.5% of elements other than nickel and zinc, the balance being zinc, and the roughness Ra of the surface of the portions of the first and second parts of the landing gear being less than or equal to 1.6 μm.
Claims5
A landing gear comprising:
- a landing gear rod extending along a main axis;
- at least one axle mechanically connected to the landing gear rod;
- at least one wheel mounted on said axle wherein said wheel is able to be rotated around said axle;
- at least one damper disposed to damp a sliding movement of said landing gear rod relative to a structure of an aircraft;
- at least one static sealing point, the static sealing point comprising a gasket made of elastically deformable material held between a portion of a first part of the landing gear and a portion of a second part of the landing gear, the first and second parts of the landing gear comprising a steel substrate coated with a zinc and nickel alloy coating, including in mass percentage of the alloy between 12% and 18% and nickel, at most 0.5% of elements other than nickel and zinc, the balance being zinc;
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- a roughness Ra of a surface of the portions of the first and second parts of the landing gear being less than or equal to 1.6 μm.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.