ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,752,911, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to Airbus Operations Ltd. (Bristol, Great Britain).
"Aircraft" was invented by Nicholas Hancock (Bristol, Great Britain) and Christopher James Perkins (Bristol, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aircraft has a landing gear with a main leg, a support leg, and a wheel arm which has a wheel support and is pivotably connected to the main leg and support leg. The main leg and support leg are pivotably connected to the airframe of the aircraft, and can be pivoted aft to move the wheel arm aft and upward and move the landing gear from a deployed configuration to a stowed configuration. With t...