Aircraft main landing gear and method of operating the same
AssigneeOtto Aviation Group
InventorWilliam M. Otto
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Abstract
A main landing gear system for an aircraft including a truss element, a first support unit and second support unit affixed to the truss on opposing sides of the truss, a first actuator and a second actuator rotatively affixed to respective first support unit and second support unit and to a respective first wheel and second wheel, a first trailing link and second trailing link each coupled to the respective first wheel and second wheel, a first extension plate and second extension plate each rotatively coupled to the respective first trailing link and second trailing link and to a side of the truss, a first plate locking unit and second plate locking unit rotatively affixed to an end of the respective first extension plate or second extension plate and to a side of the truss.
Claims7
A main landing gear system for an aircraft including:
- a truss element
- a first support unit and second support unit affixed to the truss on opposing sides of the truss;
- a first actuator and a second actuator rotatively affixed to the respective first support unit and second support unit and to a respective first wheel and second wheel;
- a first trailing link and a second trailing link each coupled to the respective first wheel and second wheel;
- a first extension plate rotatively coupled to the first trailing link and to a side of the truss;
- a second extension plate rotatively coupled to the second trailing link and to a side of the truss opposited the side coupled to the first extension plate;
- a first locking unit and second locking unit each rotatively affixed to an end of the respective first extension plate or second extension plate and to a respective side of the truss,
- wherein actuation of the first actuator or second actuator causes the respective extension plates to raise or lower with respect to the truss.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.