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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 22, 2022
Filed:
May. 07, 2019
Applicant:
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Inventors:
Gregory M. Schmidt, Forest Park, WA (US);
Justin Duane Cottet, Snohomish, WA (US);
Assignee:
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 25/12 (2006.01); B64C 25/18 (2006.01); B64C 25/14 (2006.01); B64C 25/34 (2006.01); B64C 25/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 25/12 (2013.01); B64C 25/14 (2013.01); B64C 25/16 (2013.01); B64C 25/18 (2013.01); B64C 25/34 (2013.01);
Abstract
Systems and methods for wide set retracting landing gear of a cargo aircraft. One embodiment is an aircraft that includes a fuselage including a nose, and a pair of main landing gears comprising a pair of main posts disposed across the fuselage, each main post having a main wheel and configured to pivot forward toward the nose to retract the main wheel. The aircraft also includes a pair of nose landing gears comprising a pair of nose posts disposed across the fuselage, each nose post having a nose wheel and configured to pivot inboard to retract the nose wheel.