Patent ID: 8616146

Claim:
A device mounted to a portion of an aircraft landing gear for indicating occurrence of a hard landing for an aircraft, comprising: an indicator member movable from a first position to a second position such that when moved to the second position the indicator member is configured to indicate occurrence of a hard landing for the aircraft; an actuator member movable from a first position to a second position configured and operative such that when the actuator member moves to the second position it causes the indicator member to move to the second position; a releasing member operatively coupled to the actuator member configured to be in a first state when the actuator member is in the first position and a second state permitting said actuator member to move to the second position upon the occurrence of a hard landing for the aircraft; and a housing member mounted to a portion of an aircraft landing gear wherein each of the indicator member, the actuator member, and the releasing member are contained in the housing member such that at least a portion of the actuator member extends from the housing member when the actuator member is in the first position and at least a portion of the indicator member extends from the housing member when the indicator member is in the second position; wherein the housing member is mounted to a portion of a landing gear shock strut assembly; and wherein the housing member is mounted to a portion of a boss member extending from the landing gear shock strut assembly.