US 12,296,946 B2
Landing gear
Masaru Tomimatsu, Wako (JP)
Assigned to HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., Tokyo (JP)
Filed by HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Aug. 14, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/449,054.
Claims priority of application No. 2022-129487 (JP), filed on Aug. 16, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0059400 A1, Feb. 22, 2024
Int. Cl. B64C 25/12 (2006.01); B64C 25/50 (2006.01)
CPC B64C 25/12 (2013.01) [B64C 25/505 (2013.01); B64C 2025/125 (2013.01)] 6 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A landing gear comprising:
a wheel support member including a first portion configured to rollably support a wheel, and a second portion extending from the first portion toward a fuselage in a direction of an axis of the first portion and configured to support the first portion in a manner so that the first portion is rotatable about the axis;
a swing support member configured to support the second portion of the wheel support member in a manner so that the second portion is swingable relative to the fuselage;
a retraction actuator configured to swing the wheel support member to retract the wheel into the fuselage and deploy the wheel from the fuselage;
a brace attached to the fuselage and configured to support the wheel support member; and
a joint configured to connect the brace to the first portion of the wheel support member,
wherein the joint is disposed closer to the wheel than to the swing support member.