US 12,304,621 B2
Rotorcraft with a non-retractable wheel-type landing gear
Axel Fink, Donauworth (DE); Aurelien Achard, Vitrolles (FR); and Didier Bertin, Marseilles (FR)
Assigned to AIRBUS HELICOPTERS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH, Donauworth (DE); and AIRBUS HELICOPTERS, Marignane (FR)
Filed by AIRBUS HELICOPTERS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH, Donauworth (DE); and AIRBUS HELICOPTERS, Marignane (FR)
Filed on Aug. 14, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/233,637.
Claims priority of application No. 22315306 (EP), filed on Dec. 6, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0182160 A1, Jun. 6, 2024
Int. Cl. B64C 25/36 (2006.01); B64C 25/32 (2006.01); B64C 25/58 (2006.01)
CPC B64C 25/36 (2013.01) [B64C 25/58 (2013.01); B64C 2025/325 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A rotorcraft with a fuselage comprising a lower shell, an inner floor, and at least one lower fuselage compartment arranged between the inner floor and the lower shell, wherein the at least one lower fuselage compartment is equipped with a floor fitting provided at the inner floor and at least two lateral fittings, and wherein the at least one lower fuselage compartment is at least accessible via an opening formed in the lower shell, the rotorcraft comprising:
at least one non-retractable wheel-type landing gear rigidly attached in the at least one lower fuselage compartment and extending at least partly through the opening formed in the lower shell, comprising:
at least one wheel;
a shock absorber connected to the at least one wheel, comprising:
a shock absorber tube, and
a shock absorber rod telescopically mounted to the shock absorber tube;
at least two mounting arms extending laterally from the shock absorber tube toward the at least two lateral fittings in the at least one lower fuselage compartment, wherein the at least two mounting arms are mounted to the at least two lateral fittings; and
a mounting pin extending from the shock absorber tube toward the floor fitting provided at the inner floor, wherein the mounting pin is connected to the floor fitting.