Patent ID: 11919625
Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS LIMITED
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 0:
1. An aircraft landing gear assembly, wherein the aircraft landing gear assembly comprises:
i) a bracket comprising:
a hinge portion for rotationally mounting the bracket relative to a landing gear bay, the hinge portion defining an axis of rotational mounting of the bracket,
a first mounting point, the shortest distance from the axis of rotational mounting to the first mounting point defining a notional bracket axis,

ii) a fore lever having a first end which is rotatably mounted to the bracket at the first mounting point and a second end for receiving a fore aircraft wheel,
iii) an aft lever having a first end which is rotatably mounted to the bracket at the first mounting point and a second end for receiving a rear aircraft wheel, the fore and aft levers being independently moveable,
iv) a fore linkage assembly, comprising at least one of a spring and a shock absorber, for transmitting ground loads from the fore lever to the bracket at a second mounting point, fore of the first mounting point,
v) a rear linkage assembly, comprising at least one of a spring and a shock absorber, for transmitting ground loads from the rear lever to the bracket at a third mounting point, aft of the first mounting point, wherein the bracket further comprises:
a) a fore lever stop to prevent downwards movement of the fore lever past a lowest rotational position with respect to the bracket, wherein the lowest rotational position of the fore lever is at a first angle forward from the notional bracket axis,
b) a rear lever stop to prevent downwards movement of the rear lever past a lowest rotational position with respect to the bracket, wherein the lowest rotational position of the rear lever is at a second angle behind from the notional bracket axis, wherein the first angle is greater than the second angle.