US 12,291,325 B2
Temperature compensated landing gear shock strut
Hemanth M N, Hassan (IN); and Basavaraj Bodki, Bangalore (IN)
Assigned to GOODRICH CORPORATION, Charlotte, NC (US)
Filed by Goodrich Corporation, Charlotte, NC (US)
Filed on Sep. 1, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/460,173.
Claims priority of application No. 202341048227 (IN), filed on Jul. 18, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2025/0026471 A1, Jan. 23, 2025
Int. Cl. B64C 25/60 (2006.01); F16F 9/32 (2006.01)
CPC B64C 25/60 (2013.01) [F16F 9/32 (2013.01); F16F 2222/02 (2013.01); F16F 2222/12 (2013.01); F16F 2230/08 (2013.01); F16F 2230/16 (2013.01); F16F 2230/18 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A landing gear assembly, comprising:
a shock strut comprising:
a shock strut cylinder; and
a shock strut piston slidably disposed within the shock strut cylinder; and
a temperature control unit assembly disposed within the shock strut cylinder, wherein the temperature control unit assembly is configured to:
responsive to a temperature within the shock strut cylinder falling below a predetermined temperature, circulate heated fluid into a chamber of the shock strut cylinder to heat gas within the shock strut cylinder; and
responsive to the temperature within the shock strut cylinder rising up to or above the predetermined temperature, stop the circulation of the heated fluid into the chamber of the shock strut cylinder to heat the gas within the shock strut cylinder.