Airbus Operations Gmbh

Philip Jaggard

Matt Harding

Julien Laverne

James Buckingham

Robert H West

Alan Haddrell

A shock absorber for an aircraft landing gear is disclosed. The shock absorber includes a stop surface arranged to limit extension of the shock absorber and a crumple element configured to deform in the event that the extension load on the stop surface exceeds a predetermined threshold. The crumple element may form part of the out-stop tube of the shock absorber. Deformation of the crumple element may be identified by measuring the length of the fully extending landing gear, through non-destructive testing or by measuring the change in conductance of the crumple element.

Aircraft landing gear shock absorber

An aircraft assembly including: first and second external skin panels having opposing edge faces separated by a gap, the gap having a width in a first direction extending between the opposing edge faces and a depth in a second direction generally orthogonal to the first direction; and a gap seal arranged in the gap to at least partially fill the gap, wherein the gap seal is formed of a material configured such that compression of the gap seal in the first direction results in substantially no expansion of the gap seal in the second direction.

Aircraft gap seal

An aircraft assembly may have a drag-inducing discontinuity. A seal assemblyincludes a seal bodyarranged to fair and/or seal the discontinuity; and a sealed chamber, wherein the sealed chamberbeing pressurised such that in response to changes in the ambient pressure relative to the internal pressure of the chamberthe sealed chamberalters the behaviour of the seal body

Aircraft seal assembly

A leading edge structure is disclosed for an aircraft wing in which a droop nose is articulated by a double hinge.

Leading edge structure for an aerofoil

An aircraft wing high lift assembly comprising a movable element and a load receiving element including a body portion having a first load receiving region arranged to receive loads from the movable element in a first direction during normal operation of the high lift assembly and including at least one restraining arm projecting from the body portion, the or each restraining arm having a second load receiving region arranged to receive loads from the movable element in a second direction in the event of a failure within the high lift assembly.

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Philip Jaggard