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US 7,066,429 B2Granted
Apparatus and method for predictable movement of structural components during failure
AssigneeThe Boeing Company
InventorsMitchell L. Mellor, Christopher A. Reitz
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Abstract
A system and method is provided for directing a separation sequence of structural components, such as, for example, aircraft landing gear components, during an overload condition. This system and method may be used to stop a component in rotation and thereby allow the component to fail in a predictable and controllable manner. This system and method may be used on any type of device that utilizes components that rotate relative to one another and/or that has components that rotate during an overload condition.
Claims8
An aircraft landing gear assembly comprising:
- a shock strut;
- a drag strut spindle fitting having a drag strut spindle fitting rotational stop;
- a drag strut having a stop tab and connected to said shock strut and said drag strut spindle fitting.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.