Patent ID: 9598057
Date: 2017-03-21
CPC Classifications: B60S,F16H,Y10T

Claim:
1. A multi-speed landing gear, said landing gear comprising: a housing member and a telescoping leg member connected with said housing member; an elevation member interconnected with said housing member and said leg member; a gear assembly configured to extend and retract said leg member, said gear assembly including a ring gear arranged to rotate about an axis that is transverse to the telescopic orientation of said leg member with said gear assembly configured to operate in a high speed setting and a low speed setting, with said gear assembly configured to automatically shift from the high speed setting to the low speed setting; and an actuator, said actuator being operative to selectively prevent or allow rotation of said ring gear to enable said gear assembly to operate in the low speed setting or the high speed setting, with said elevation member configured to selectively move relative to said housing member when said leg member is lowered into or out of contact with the support surface to cause said actuator to selectively prevent or allow rotation of said ring gear of said gear assembly.