US Patent Issued to General Atomics Aeronautical Systems on June 3 for "Folding trailing arm landing gear" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,319,405, issued on June 3, was assigned to General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. (San Diego).

"Folding trailing arm landing gear" was invented by Michael Joseph Allwein (San Luis Obispo, Calif.), Caleb Andrew Bartels (Escondido, Calif.), Brian Michel Shamblin (Ramona, Calif.) and James Edward McMillen (Ramona, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A folding trailing arm landing gear assembly having a main fitting configured to couple to a hinge positioned at a proximal end; a swing arm rotatably coupled at a proximal end to a distal end of the main fitting; a shock coupled at a distal end to a distal end of the swing arm; a bellcrank ...