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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 25, 2023
Filed:
Mar. 01, 2021
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Christopher M. Alley, Seattle, WA (US);
Leanne M. Campbell, Snohomish, WA (US);
Gabriela K. Defrancisci, Edmonds, WA (US);
Gregory J. Vering, Seattle, WA (US);
Aaron P. Knock, Seattle, WA (US);
Mitchell Mellor, Bothell, WA (US);
Justin D. Cottet, Snohomish, WA (US);
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
A shrink mechanism for use with a landing gear of an aircraft. The landing gear includes an outer cylinder rotatably coupled to a frame of an aircraft about a trunnion axis of rotation and a shock strut assembly movably coupled to the outer cylinder so as to reciprocate along a longitudinal axis of the outer cylinder. The shrink mechanism incudes a first shrink link member pivotally coupled to the outer cylinder, a second shrink link member coupling the first shrink link member to the shock strut assembly, a crank member pivotally coupled to the outer cylinder, a drive member coupling the crank member to a walking beam of a landing gear retract mechanism, and a driven member coupling the crank member to the first shrink link member.