Safran Landing Systems UK Ltd

Paul Empson

Andrew Paddock

Christopher Green

A landing gear assembly having a first part movable relative to a second part, and a spring coupled to the first and second parts via first and second anchor points. A lost motion assembly is provided to enable one of the anchor points to translate along one of the parts. As such, the spring extends less as the first part moves relative to the second part than it would if each anchor point was fixed to a respective part.

Landing gear assembly and methods

A landing gear assemblyhaving first and second partsmovably mounted with respect to one another. The landing gear assembly includes a critical space. A spring assemblyis arranged to bias the first and second parts to move relative to one another. A spring supportis provided to inhibit a broken portion of the spring assembly entering or contacting the critical space following a spring failure.

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Gloucester, United Kingdom

Paul Empson