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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 22, 2016
Filed:
Jan. 20, 2015
Applicant:
Goodrich Corporation, Charlotte, NC (US);
Inventor:
Karthik Narayan, Mississauga, CA;
Assignee:
GOODRICH CORPORATION, Charlotte, NC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 25/50 (2006.01); B64C 25/34 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 25/505 (2013.01); B64C 25/34 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system for damping vibration and/or shimmy of a landing gear system is disclosed. The system is a friction-based damping system that utilizes a friction pad and friction wedge to dampen vibration and/or shimmy. The friction pad may be coupled to an apex pin that is used to couple a first torque link and a second torque link together. The friction wedge may be a made of a wearable and/or consumable material.