US 12,466,549 B2
Aircraft landing gear assembly
Benjamin Bishop, Bristol (GB)
Assigned to AIRBUS OPERATIONS LIMITED, Bristol (GB)
Filed by AIRBUS OPERATIONS LIMITED, Bristol (GB)
Filed on May 19, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/320,443.
Claims priority of application No. 2207424 (GB), filed on May 20, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0373615 A1, Nov. 23, 2023
Int. Cl. B64C 25/12 (2006.01)
CPC B64C 25/12 (2013.01) 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An aircraft landing gear assembly comprising:
a first leg assembly comprising:
a first trailing arm configured to carry a first wheel and to rotate about a first trailing arm axis when the aircraft landing gear assembly is in an extended configuration;
a first shock absorber configured to dampen rotation of the first trailing arm about the first trailing arm axis within a normal operating range, and to limit the rotation of the first trailing arm about the first trailing arm axis to the normal operating range;
a first fuse member coupled to the first shock absorber, and configured to fail in the event a vertical load on the first wheel exceeds a pre-determined threshold, and
wherein the first trailing arm is coupled to the first shock absorber by the first fuse member such that failure of the first fuse member causes the first shock absorber and the first trailing arm to become decoupled and the first trailing arm to rotate about the first trailing arm axis beyond the normal operating range.