Patent ID: 11939045
Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 14:
15. The landing gear system of claim 14 wherein:
the retraction assembly includes a housing fixed to the fuselage and a rod movable relative to the housing of the retraction assembly along a second axis;
the actuator is attached to the housing of the retraction assembly and the actuator engages the rod of the retraction assembly in the locked position;
the first axis and the second axis are transverse relative to each other when the land-contact assembly is in the extended position;
the energy absorber includes a rod attached to the land-contact assembly, and the piston is fixed to the rod of the energy absorber opposite the land-contact assembly;
the rod and the piston of the energy absorber are movable together along the first axis relative to the housing of the energy absorber; and
the energy absorber includes a distal end spaced from the land-contact assembly, and the pivot point is disposed along the distal end and the rod of the retraction assembly is attached to the distal end of the energy absorber at the pivot point.