Patent ID: 9505483
Filing Date: 2016-11-29
CPC Classification: B64C

Claim Text:
1. A forward part of an aircraft comprising: a fuselage extending lengthwise along a longitudinal direction of the aircraft, a landing gear well and a forward landing gear housed in the landing gear well and comprising a breaker strut designed to adopt an extended configuration when the landing gear is extended, and in the extended configuration, said breaker strut lies in a strut plane and extends along a direction parallel to a transverse direction of the forward part, the transverse direction being orthogonal to the longitudinal direction of the aircraft, the forward part of an aircraft further comprising a transverse beam resisting breaker strut reactions located above the landing gear well and the transverse beam having opposing ends mounted orthogonal to the longitudinal direction of the aircraft on horizontally opposing sides of the fuselage, said transverse beam having a globally rectangular cross-section, in which a median plane parallel to a length of the globally rectangular cross-section is coincident with said strut plane.