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US 12,637,205 B2Granted
Aircraft landing gear torque link assembly
AssigneeSafran Landing Systems UK LTD
InventorManish Chauhan
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Abstract
A torque link assembly for an aircraft landing gear comprising: an upper torque link; a lower torque link; a joint pin arranged to pivotally couple the upper torque link and lower torque link; an electric motor assembly; a sensor arranged to detect movement of the upper torque link or lower torque link and in response to detecting the movement providing a control signal to the electric motor assembly, wherein the electric motor assembly is configured to linearly translate the joint pin with respect to one of the upper or lower torque links.
Claims11
A torque link assembly for an aircraft landing gear comprising:
- an upper torque link;
- a lower torque link;
- a joint pin arranged to pivotally couple the upper torque link and lower torque link;
- an electric motor assembly;
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- a sensor arranged to detect movement of the upper torque link or lower torque link and, in response to detecting the movement, provide a control signal to the electric motor assembly,
- wherein the electric motor assembly is configured to linearly translate the joint pin with respect to one of the upper or lower torque links.
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