Patent ID: 9073629
Filing Date: 2015-07-07
Classification: B64C

Abstract:
1. An aircraft undercarriage comprising two rocker beams ( 1 , 2 ) carrying wheels and mounted to pivot on a common pivot (Y 1 ), the undercarriage including a shock-absorber device comprising two connecting rods ( 5 , 6 ), each of the two connecting rods ( 5 , 6 ) being coupled to a respective one of the rocker beams, at least one of the connecting rods being telescopic and forming a shock absorber, the two connecting rods also being coupled to a rocker ( 7 ) pivotally mounted on a central pivot ( 8 ), wherein the common pivot of the rocker beams is secured to a structure of an aircraft to which the undercarriage is fastened and is mounted in a fixed position on said structure, while the central pivot of the rocker is movable between a first position in which the rocker beams are in a landing position, and a second position in which the rocker has pulled on the connecting rods to cause the rocker beams to pivot towards a retracted position of the undercarriage.