Patent ID: 11945575
Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS S.L.
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 14:
15. An aircraft comprising a fuselage and a retractable landing gear assembly mounted on the fuselage, the landing gear assembly comprising:
a main strut
a drag stay, a first end of the drag stay being attached to the main strut and a second end of the drag stay being connected to the fuselage such that landing gear loads can be transferred into the fuselage of the aircraft from the drag stay;
a landing gear main fitting, a first end of the landing gear main fitting being attached to the main strut and a second end of the main fitting being connected to the fuselage such that landing gear loads can be transferred into the fuselage of the aircraft from the landing gear main fitting;
and wherein, in use, when the landing gear assembly is in an extended configuration relative to the fuselage, the landing gear has at most two load-bearing elements via which the landing gear loads experienced by the landing gear are transferred from the landing gear to the fuselage, a first one of said load-bearing elements being the drag stay and a second one of said load-bearing elements being the main fitting.