US 11,945,575 B2
Landing gear assembly
Christopher James Perkins, Bristol (GB); Marco Boscolo, Bristol (GB); Nicholas White, Bristol (GB); Xavier Matheis, Toulouse (FR); Alexandre Legardez, Toulouse (FR); Simon Roux, Toulouse (FR); and Sébastien Crouzet, Toulouse (FR)
Assigned to AIRBUS OPERATIONS LIMITED, Bristol (GB); and AIRBUS OPERATIONS (S.A.S.), Toulouse (FR)
Appl. No. 17/296,788
Filed by AIRBUS OPERATIONS LIMITED, Bristol (GB); and AIRBUS OPERATIONS (S.A.S.), Toulouse (FR)
PCT Filed May 19, 2020, PCT No. PCT/EP2020/063997
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date May 25, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/234314, PCT Pub. Date Nov. 26, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 1907114 (GB), filed on May 20, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0009620 A1, Jan. 13, 2022
Int. Cl. B64C 25/10 (2006.01); B64C 25/04 (2006.01)
CPC B64C 25/10 (2013.01) [B64C 25/04 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An aircraft comprising a fuselage and a retractable landing gear assembly mounted on the fuselage, the landing gear assembly comprising:
a main strut
a drag stay, a first end of the drag stay being attached to the main strut and a second end of the drag stay being connected to the fuselage such that landing gear loads can be transferred into the fuselage of the aircraft from the drag stay;
a landing gear main fitting, a first end of the landing gear main fitting being attached to the main strut and a second end of the main fitting being connected to the fuselage such that landing gear loads can be transferred into the fuselage of the aircraft from the landing gear main fitting;
and wherein, in use, when the landing gear assembly is in an extended configuration relative to the fuselage, the landing gear loads experienced by the landing gear are only transferred from the landing gear to the fuselage via one or more of the drag stay and the main fitting.