Patent ID: 7243880

Claim:
An aircraft landing gear door assembly comprising a plurality of doors moveable between open positions, in which a landing gear can be deployed through an aperture, and closed positions, in which the doors are closed across the aperture, the plurality of doors comprising a first door and a second door, wherein during at least part of said movement of the plurality of doors, the movement of at least the first door of the plurality of doors is independent of the movement of the landing gear, the first and second doors are so arranged that they are, when installed on an aircraft, configurable in such a way that movement of one of the first and second doors for at least a part of the way between the open and closed positions causes movement of the other of the first and second doors, and the first and second doors are arranged such that, when the landing gear is deployed, the second door is obstructed from moving between its open and closed positions while the first door is free to move between its open and closed positions.