Method of protecting an aircraft landing gear while the aircraft is being towed, and pin for coupling a towing bar to an orientable lower part of a landing gear

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PATENT NO 9108746
APP PUB NO 20120326894A1
SERIAL NO

13582667

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A method of protecting an aircraft undercarriage (1) while it is being towed by means of a tow bar (13) hitched to a steerable bottom portion of the undercarriage, the method including the step of generating an alarm when a towing force imposed by the tow bar on the undercarriage reaches or exceeds a predetermined force threshold. The threshold is caused to vary as a function of an orientation of the steerable bottom portion of the undercarriage.

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SAFRAN LANDING SYSTEMS7 RUE GENERAL VALERIE ANDRE INOVEL PARC SUD VELIZY VILLACOUBLAY 78140

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Alleau, Jean-Luc Orcemont, FR 3 39
Schmidt, Robert Kyle Cheltenham, GB 54 182

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