Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Aerodynamic noise reducing thin-skin landing gear structures and manufacturing techniques
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Application No.: US15188651Application Date: 2016-06-21
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Publication No.: US10933981B2Publication Date: 2021-03-02
- Inventor: Richard A. Himmelmann , Stephen E. Tongue
- Applicant: Goodrich Corporation
- Applicant Address: US NC Charlotte
- Assignee: Goodrich Corporation
- Current Assignee: Goodrich Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US NC Charlotte
- Agency: Snell & Wilmer L.L.P.
- Main IPC: B64C25/00
- IPC: B64C25/00 ; B64C25/60 ; B33Y80/00 ; B23K9/04 ; B64C25/10 ; B64C25/34 ; B33Y10/00 ; B23K31/02 ; B23K9/23 ; B23K15/00 ; B23K9/173 ; B23K101/00 ; B23K103/10 ; B23K103/14

Abstract:
A thin-skin support member is provided. The thin-skin support member may include a semi-circular edge and a flat edge that define a hollow cavity. A cylindrical cavity may be adjacent the hollow cavity and at least partially defined by the semi-circular edge. The cylindrical cavity may be configured to retain a strut assembly. A mounting interface may be coupled to the semi-circular edge and the flat edge. A torsion interface may be disposed adjacent the cylindrical cavity and configured to receive a torsion link. The thin-skin support member may be made using additive manufacturing and thus may have a grain structure grown in the direction of material being added.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170361923A1 AERODYNAMIC NOISE REDUCING THIN-SKIN LANDING GEAR STRUCTURES AND MANUFACTURING TECHNIQUES Public/Granted day:2017-12-21
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