US 12,377,819 B2
Landing gear assembly
Jeffrey S. Kemppainen, Kent City, MI (US)
Assigned to SAF-Holland, Inc., Muskegon, MI (US)
Filed by SAF-Holland, Inc., Muskegon, MI (US)
Filed on Mar. 24, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/189,557.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/369,704, filed on Jul. 28, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/362,017, filed on Mar. 28, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0303038 A1, Sep. 28, 2023
Int. Cl. B60S 9/00 (2006.01); B60S 9/04 (2006.01)
CPC B60S 9/04 (2013.01) 27 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A landing gear assembly configured to support a trailer, comprising:
a leg assembly including a first leg member and a second leg member telescopingly received within the first leg member and adjustable between a retracted position and an extended position;
a gear assembly operably coupled to the leg assembly and configured to move the first leg member between the retracted and extended positions, wherein the gear assembly includes a first shaft member; and
a first bushing member rotatably supporting a first end of the first shaft member within the first leg member, wherein the first bushing member is attached to the first leg member via at least one first mechanical fastener such that the first bushing member abuts the first leg member, and wherein the first bushing member comprises a powdered metal.