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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 08, 2020
Filed:
Oct. 17, 2017
Applicant:
Goodrich Corporation, Charlotte, NC (US);
Inventors:
Charles J. Spink, Seattle, WA (US);
Ian Kopp, Seattle, WA (US);
Dennis W. Martin, Woodinville, WA (US);
William E. Luce, Colleyville, TX (US);
Assignee:
Goodrich Corporation, Charlotte, NC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 25/00 (2006.01); B64C 25/62 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 25/001 (2013.01); B64C 25/62 (2013.01); B64C 2025/008 (2013.01);
Abstract
A landing gear arrangement may comprise a lever configured to be coupled between an axle and a strut piston of a shock strut, a load damper configured to be externally coupled between the shock strut and the lever, wherein the load damper is configured to increase a length of the landing gear arrangement in response to an extension force of the load damper increasing above a ground force reacted through the landing gear arrangement. The load damper may be located externally from the strut piston.