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US 2024/0190558 A1Published application
Folding trailing arm landing gear
AssigneeGeneral Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc.
InventorsMichael Joseph Allwein, Caleb Andrew Bartels, Brian Michel Shamblin, James Edward McMillen
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Abstract
A folding trailing arm landing gear assembly having a main fitting configured to couple to a hinge positioned at a proximal end; a swing arm rotatably coupled at a proximal end to a distal end of the main fitting; a shock coupled at a distal end to a distal end of the swing arm; a bellcrank coupled at a distal end to a proximal end of the shock, and coupled at a proximal end to the main fitting; and a wheel coupled to the swing arm.
Claims14
A folding trailing arm landing gear assembly comprising:
- a main fitting configured to couple to a hinge positioned at a proximal end;
- a swing arm rotatably coupled at a proximal end to a distal end of the main fitting;
- a shock coupled at a distal end to a distal end of the swing arm;
- a bellcrank coupled at a distal end to a proximal end of the shock, and coupled at a proximal end to the main fitting;
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- a lock solenoid coupled to the main fitting and configured to lock the bellcrank into a deployed position when locked, and configured to release the bellcrank when unlocked.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.