Spring assembly for aircraft components
AssigneeThe Boeing Company
InventorNicholas Toon
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Abstract
A spring assembly elongate along a longitudinal direction includes a first spring that includes a first spring member and a first elongate member that extends from the first spring member along the longitudinal direction. The spring assembly includes a second spring including a second spring member and a second elongate member that extends from the second spring member along the longitudinal direction. The second elongate member extends through the first spring member, and the first elongate member extends through the second spring member such that the first and second spring members are spaced apart with respect to each other along the longitudinal direction.
Claims20
A spring assembly elongate along a longitudinal direction, the spring assembly comprising:
- a first spring that includes a first spring member and a first elongate member that extends from the first spring member along the longitudinal direction;
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- a second spring including a second spring member and a second elongate member that extends from the second spring member along the longitudinal direction,
- wherein the second elongate member extends through the first spring member, and the first elongate member extends through the second spring member such that the first and second spring members are spaced apart with respect to each other along the longitudinal direction.
A method, comprising:
- coupling a spring assembly between a side brace and a locking brace of a landing gear assembly, the spring assembly having a first spring that includes a first spring member and a first elongate member, and a second spring that includes a second spring member and a second elongate member, wherein the second elongate member extends through the first spring member, and first elongate member extends through the second spring member.
A landing gear configured to transition between a deployed configuration and a retracted configuration in a compartment of an aircraft, the landing gear comprising a spring assembly, the spring assembly comprising:
- a first spring that includes a first spring member and a first elongate member that extends from the first spring member along the longitudinal direction;
- and
- a second spring including a second spring member and a second elongate member that extends from the second spring member along the longitudinal direction,
- wherein the second elongate member extends through the first spring member, and the first elongate member extends through the second spring member such that the first and second spring members are spaced apart with respect to each other along the longitudinal direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.