Landing gear
AssigneeAirbus Operations GmbH
InventorsTrevor Anthony Brighton, Martin John Elms, Maxwell William Jones
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Abstract
In the retracted position, aircraft landing gear of an aircraft is supported by an uplock hook. The deployment of the aircraft landing gear includes the steps of supporting at least part of the weight of the landing gear by a releasable catch in the form of an uplock hook, applying a lifting force to the landing gear to remove at least part of the load sustained by the releasable catch, releasing the catch and effecting the downward movement of the landing gear to the deployed position.
Claims16
A method of deploying an aircraft landing gear movable between a stowed position and a deployed position, the method comprising the steps of:
- providing an aircraft including he landing ear assembly including the aircraft landing gear and a deployment mechanism, the deployment mechanism including a releasable catch,
- supporting at least part of the weight of the aircraft landing gear by way of the releasable catch,
- applying a lifting force to the aircraft landing gear to relieve at least part of the load sustained by the releasable catch, and then
- releasing the catch, and
- effecting downward movement of the aircraft landing gear to the deployed position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.