ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,747,017, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to SAFRAN LANDING SYSTEMS (Velizy Villacoublay, France).
"Landing gear with simplified manoeuvring mechanism" was invented by Nicolas Nguyen (Moissy-Cramayel, France), Philippe Henrion (Moissy-Cramayel, France), Bertrand Dubacher (Moissy-Cramayel, France) and Bertrand Euzet (Moissy-Cramayel, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aircraft provided with a landing gear includes a leg that pivots between a retracted position and a deployed position, a main brace having a state in which the leg is stabilized in the deployed position, a maneuvering structure, and a stabilizing structure. The maneuv...