Automotive Products, Inc.

Roy Fairclough

Stanley Frederick Jenkins

Brian Arthur Howard

Frederick Miley

A wheel steering linkage includes a first arm pivoted about the wheel steering axis, a second arm pivoted intermediate its ends to the first arm, a third arm pivoted at one end to the second arm and at the other end about a fixed axis, and a fourth variable length arm pivoted at one end to the second arm and at the other end about a fixed axis. The fourth arm may be a servo motor.

Steering linkage

An aircraft undercarriage suspension includes a liquid filled telescopic suspension strut and a gas spring. Liquid displaced by the strut into the gas spring is selectively directed through alternative flow restrictors, one of which is matched for optimum damping during aircraft landing and the other of which is matched for optimum damping during taxing. A ride control valve operates on the nose wheel undercarriage to control aircraft pitching, the ride control hydraulic system being separated from the damping oil by a floating piston.

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Warrington, United Kingdom

Roy Fairclough