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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 02, 2004
Filed:
Nov. 03, 2000
Stephen P. Briancourt, Bristol, GB;
Airbus UK Limited, Bristol, GB;
Abstract
An aircraft, aircraft fuselage, aircraft wing and aircraft landing gear are provided. The landing gear ( ) comprises a wheeled leg ( ) and a series of mounting members ( ) to attach the leg to an airframe of the aircraft via respective attachments ( ). The leg is pivotably movable between a first stowed position within the aircraft and a second deployed position for movement of the aircraft along the ground, and at least one of the attachments ( ) is configured to allow retraction movement of the leg to occur about an angularly variable pivot axis and thus avoid obstacles that would be encountered in a conventional retraction path, and also to alleviate forces in the gear that can be caused by four point location of the gear leg.