Safran Landing Systems UK Ltd

Safran Landing Systems Canada, Inc.

Mark Bevan

Robert Kyle Schmidt

Pierre-Etienne Dandaleix

Jorge Juesas Portoles

Kyle Schmidt

Jorge Portoles

An aircraft landing gear assembly having a first landing gear element movably coupled relative to a second landing gear element to move between a first condition and a second condition. The aircraft landing gear assembly further comprises a fibre composite leaf spring formed from a plurality of composite layers and arranged between the first and second elements, the leaf spring being arranged to bend when the first element moves from the first condition to the second condition. The fibre composite leaf spring comprises a first region and a second region, wherein the number of composite layers in the first region is greater than the number of composite layers in the second region. The landing gear further comprises a mounting assembly arranged to engage the first region of the leaf spring to couple the leaf spring to the first landing gear element.

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Gloucester, United Kingdom

Mark Bevan