Patent ID: 11873079
Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  F | IPC B  F

Claim 0:
1. A levered landing gear comprising:
a first shock strut having a longitudinal axis;
a second shock strut disposed concentrically with the first shock strut along the longitudinal axis such that the first shock strut and the second shock strut extend along a common extension axis, the second shock strut comprises:
a metering pin coupled to a mounting surface of a piston of the second shock strut, and
an orifice plate that cooperates with the metering pin to meter an amount of fluid flow as the second shock strut is compressed,
wherein the metering pin includes a first end proximate the mounting surface of the piston, a second end longitudinally separated from the first end, and flutes longitudinally arranged on the metering pin between the first end and the second end, the flutes having a varying depth so that a fluid flow through the flutes is greater at the second end than fluid flow through the flutes at the first end; and

a truck lever coupled to both the first shock strut and the second shock strut such that the second shock strut pivots the truck lever relative to the first shock strut.