US Patent Issued to SAFRAN LANDING SYSTEMS on April 14 for "Aircraft landing gear provided with a leaf spring locking device" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,600,467, issued on April 14, was assigned to SAFRAN LANDING SYSTEMS (Velizy-Villacoublay, France).

"Aircraft landing gear provided with a leaf spring locking device" was invented by Nicolas Nguyen (Moissy-Cramayel, France), Thierry Blanpain (Moissy-Cramayel, France) and Bertrand Euzet (Moissy-Cramayel, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aircraft landing gear includes a strut mounted to an aircraft structure and moveable between extended and retracted positions. A bracing member includes a first bracing connecting rod hinged to the aircraft structure and a second bracing connecting rod hinged to the first bracing connecting rod and...