Patent ID: 8827309

Claim:
A power drive for a transport trailer landing gear system comprising: a housing; a gearing system including a motor, mounted in said housing, and a drive shaft mounted to said gearing system and extending through the sides of said housing in opposite directions for connection in series with a cross shaft of a landing gear system; a gear shift actuator mounted in said gearing system for selective engagement or idling of said gearing system; said gear shift actuator comprising a rod protruding through a driver side of said housing and being movable in and out of said driver side; a handle lock saddle mounted to said driver side of said housing for retaining a crank handle of a landing gear system in a stowed position to said driver side of said housing; said handle lock saddle being positioned on said driver side of said housing such that said rod is protruding through a mid-point thereof, and such that a crank handle is mountable in said handle lock saddle by moving said rod inward relative to said driver side.