Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Landing gear shock absorber servicing
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Application No.: US16257868Application Date: 2019-01-25
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Publication No.: US11254448B2Publication Date: 2022-02-22
- Inventor: Oliver Pountney , Alan Shepherd
- Applicant: AIRBUS OPERATIONS LIMITED
- Applicant Address: GB Bristol
- Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS LIMITED
- Current Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS LIMITED
- Current Assignee Address: GB Bristol
- Agency: Nixon & Vanderhye P.C.
- Priority: GB1512143 20150710
- Main IPC: B64F5/40
- IPC: B64F5/40 ; B64C25/60 ; B64D45/00 ; F16F9/32 ; B64F5/60 ; G01M17/007 ; G01M17/013 ; G01M17/02 ; G01M17/04

Abstract:
A method and apparatus for servicing a shock absorber on a landing gear assembly of an aircraft in a weight-on-wheels state is disclosed. The shock absorber includes at least one chamber containing both hydraulic fluid and a gas in fluid communication with each other. The apparatus includes a source of gas and a source of hydraulic fluid. The amount of hydraulic fluid in the chamber is corrected, preferably such that the chamber is then filled with a known amount of degassed hydraulic fluid. The process may be at least semi-automatically performed, for example under the control of a control unit. By delivering a pre-set mass of gas into the chamber, there is no need to rely on a measure of gas pressure or H-dimension (h) when servicing the shock absorber, and more accurate servicing of a shock absorber may thus be provided.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190152622A1 LANDING GEAR SHOCK ABSORBER SERVICING Public/Granted day:2019-05-23
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