Landing gear, an aircraft, and a method

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8894008
APP PUB NO 20130105624A1
SERIAL NO

13654603

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The present invention relates to landing gear (5) having at least one undercarriage (10) comprising a landing gear leg (11) carrying at least one wheel (12). The undercarriage (10) includes a retraction actuator (20) having an electric motor (23), blocking means (30) for blocking the actuator in the retraction position and for enabling the retraction actuator to be positioned in the “landing gear extended” position by gravity, first monitoring means (35) for monitoring the operation of the retraction actuator (20), first control means (65) for controlling the refraction actuator (20), and second control means (75) for controlling the blocking means (30).

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  • AIRBUS HELICOPTERS

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Dubois, Robert Aix en Provence, FR 5 39

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