Patent ID: 9175770
Filing Date: 2015-11-03
Classification: B64C,F16J

Abstract:
1. A corset for securely locking a piston of an actuator of a landing gear cage hatch of an aircraft, the corset having a longitudinal axis, the corset comprising: a locking unit structured to secure an opening position of a shutter of the landing gear cage hatch, the shutter being mounted on a structure of the landing gear cage hatch, the locking unit being structured to lock the piston at a position corresponding to a defined opening position of the shutter; a control unit fastened to the locking unit; an attacher structured to be coupled to a fixed point of the structure of the landing gear cage hatch; and a distance varying unit structured to be coupled to the control unit and the attacher and to vary the distance between the control unit and the, attacher to move the attacher further away from or closer to the locking unit along the longitudinal axis.