Patent ID: 6609682
Filing Date: 2003-08-26
Classification: B64C

Abstract:
An airplane landing gear suspension and shock absorbing device comprising:a) an outer housing, having a closed end and an open end; b) a first attachment means, fixedly attached to said closed end of said outer housing; c) a piston, having a proximate end and a distal end, operably installed with said outer housing; d) a means for dampening the movement of said piston, operably installed in said outer housing and being in operable communication with said piston, and further, wherein said means for dampening the movement of said piston forms a single, solid, contiguous resilient member of deformable material; e) a means for holding the piston and means for dampening the movement of said piston within said outer housing removably attached to the open end of said outer housing; and f) a second attachment means, attached to said distal end of said piston.