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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 14, 2021
Filed:
Apr. 30, 2019
Applicant:
Textron Innovations Inc., Providence, RI (US);
Inventor:
Guy Bernard, Kirkland, CA;
Assignee:
Textron Innovations Inc., Providence, RI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 25/62 (2006.01); B64C 29/00 (2006.01); B64C 25/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 25/62 (2013.01); B64C 29/0091 (2013.01); B64C 2025/325 (2013.01);
Abstract
An energy absorbing landing system for an aircraft having a fuselage includes landing legs rotatably coupled to the fuselage configured to outwardly rotate when receiving a landing load having a magnitude. The energy absorbing landing system also includes an energy absorption unit coupled to the fuselage and cables coupling the energy absorption unit to the landing legs. The energy absorption unit is configured to selectively apply a resistance to the outward rotation of the landing legs via the cables based on the magnitude of the landing load, thereby absorbing the landing load when the aircraft lands.