A landing gear (100A, 100B) including an outer cylinder (110) rotatably coupled to a frame of an aircraft (1000) about a trunnion axis of rotation, a shock strut assembly (120) movably coupled to the outer cylinder (110) so as to reciprocate along a longitudinal axis (115) of the outer cylinder, and a shrink mechanism (130A, 130B) including a first shrink link member (140) pivotally coupled to the outer cylinder, a second shrink link member (150) coupling the first shrink link member to the shock strut assembly (120), a crank member (160) pivotally coupled to the outer cylinder (110), a drive member (170) coupling the crank member (160) to a walking beam (210) of a landing gear retract mechanism (200), and a driven member (180) coupling the crank member (160) to the first shrink link member (140).
LANDING GEAR SHRINK LINK MECHANISM
SCHRUMPFVERBINDUNGSMECHANISMUS FÜR FAHRWERK
MÉCANISME DE LIAISON RÉTRACTABLE DE TRAIN D'ATTERRISSAGE
2021-06-30
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | B64C AEROPLANES , Flugzeuge |