An aircraft landing gear is disclosed including a shock-absorbing main leg having a sprung part for attachment to an aircraft and an un-sprung part including a slider and an axle carrying at least one wheel, the wheel having a toothed ring gear; a drive transmission mounted externally on the sprung part, or on the un-sprung part, of the main leg, the drive transmission having at least one motor and a drive pinion for meshing with the toothed ring of the wheel; and an actuator for lifting the drive transmission into and out of driving engagement with the toothed ring and for maintaining the driving engagement as the landing gear deflects during a ground taxiing operation. Also, a method of operating the aircraft landing gear.
Aircraft landing gear with pivoting drive transmission
2024-09-10
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | B64C AEROPLANES , Flugzeuge |
PIVOTING LANDING GEAR PROVIDED WITH AN IMMOBILIZATION SYSTEM
European Patent Office | 2025
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