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Landing load monitor for aircraft landing gear

US8055396B2 · kind B2 · utility

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12References

21Claims

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Assignee

AIRBUS OPERATIONS LIMITED · DE

Inventors

Michael Yates · Houston, US
Philip Gregory Keen · Bristol, GB

Key dates

Filing date	Aug 23, 2006
Grant date	Nov 8, 2011
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Apr 1, 2029

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB64D2045/008
WIPO fieldTransport
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A landing gear monitor for aircraft landing gear including a plurality of pairs of wheels on a bogie, in which the main strut oil pressure serves to indicate landing load and is monitored in relation to, respectively, the two-wheel mode and the four-wheel mode, the two-wheel mode being the condition when a first of the plurality of pairs of wheels on the bogie contacts the ground and the four-wheel mode being the condition of a first and a second of the plurality of pairs of wheels on the bogie being in full contact with the ground.

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