US 11,987,346 B1
UAV landing gear with shared suspension
Ray Leung, Fremont, CA (US)
Assigned to Wing Aviation LLC, Mountain View, CA (US)
Filed by WING Aviation LLC, Mountain View, CA (US)
Filed on Jan. 25, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/101,489.
Application 18/101,489 is a continuation in part of application No. 18/089,230, filed on Dec. 27, 2022, abandoned.
Int. Cl. B64C 25/62 (2006.01); B64C 25/34 (2006.01)
CPC B64C 25/62 (2013.01) [B64C 25/34 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), comprising:
a fuselage including a structural frame; and
a landing gear assembly adapted to absorb an impact shock when the UAV lands, the landing gear assembly including:
a mounting block assembly mounted to the structural frame;
a shared shock assembly including a spring adapted to provide a spring force and a damper adapted to dampen oscillations of the spring;
a pair of leg members extending out past sides of the fuselage, wherein a distal end of each of the leg members is connected to a corresponding one of a first side ground gear or an opposing side ground gear; and
a pair of pivot blocks each pivotally mounted to the mounting block assembly, rigidly connected to a corresponding one of the leg members, and pivotally connected to one of opposing ends of the shared shock assembly,
wherein an upward suspension travel of one or both of the first side or opposing side ground gears rotates one or both, respectively, of the pivot blocks, thereby compressing the spring.