ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,522,350, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to AIRBUS OPERATIONS Ltd. (Bristol, Great Britain).
"Aircraft landing gear assembly" was invented by Guilherme Barsali (Bristol, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A retractable landing gear assembly for an aircraft is disclosed having a main strut arranged to pivot between a retracted position and an extended position, and a sidestay having an unfolded position and a folded position. A telescopic actuator is coupled between the main strut and the sidestay, so that when the actuator has a first length the sidestay locks the main strut in the extended position, and when the actuator has a...