US Patent Issued to AIRBUS HELICOPTERS on July 14 for "Method and electrohydraulic system for controlling a retractable landing gear of an aircraft, landing gear and aircraft" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,679,528, issued on July 14, was assigned to AIRBUS HELICOPTERS (Marignane, France).

"Method and electrohydraulic system for controlling a retractable landing gear of an aircraft, landing gear and aircraft" was invented by Roland Becquet (Meyreuil, France), Gregory Basset (Martigues, France), Thomas Grondin (Eyguieres, France) and Antonin Rocher (Ensues-la-Redonne, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrohydraulic system for controlling a landing gear of an aircraft, said landing gear comprising a plurality of retractable landing gear units each provided with at least one wheel. Said system comprises two braking devices for brakin...