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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 19, 2013
Filed:
Jun. 20, 2005
John W. C. Coles, Ontario, CA;
Paul J. Lavigne, Ontario, CA;
John W. C. Coles, Ontario, CA;
Paul J. Lavigne, Ontario, CA;
Goodrich Corporation, Charlotte, NC (US);
Abstract
A landing gear system for an aircraft comprises a truck beam (); at least one steerable axle () mounted to the truck beam for pivotal steering movement; a steering actuator () connected to the steerable axle; and a locking mechanism () including a locking groove member () provided on the steerable axle for pivotal movement therewith, and a locking wedge member () engageable with the locking groove member to prevent pivotal movement of the steerable axle. The locking groove member includes a slot () having opposed sides converging towards one another, and the locking wedge member has correspondingly converging sides for mating engagement in the slot. The locking wedge member is resiliently biased () into engagement with the locking groove member and the locking wedge member is mounted to the truck beam for pivotal movement ().
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