Patent ID: 8602352
Filing Date: 2013-12-10
Classification: B64C

Abstract:
1. An aircraft landing gear comprising: a leg hinged to the aircraft and operable between a deployed position and a retracted position, the leg being stabilized in the deployed position by a folding strut comprising two hinged-together links, the strut being held in an aligned position by a stabilizer member comprising two hinged-together links, the links of the strut being held in alignment by a locking member, wherein the strut and the stabilizer member are arranged in such a manner that at least one of the links of the stabilizer member moves continuously during a movement of the leg from the deployed position to the retracted position, and wherein an operating actuator is attached to said link in order to cause the link to pivot against the locking member and exert thereon a force tending simultaneously to bring the links of the stabilizer member out of alignment against the locking member, to bring the links of the strut out of alignment, and to move the leg into the retracted position.