ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,351,299, issued on July 8, was assigned to Goodrich Corp. (Charlotte, N.C.).
"Articulating truss configuration for aircraft landing gear" was invented by James Acks (Medina, Ohio).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A landing gear system for an aircraft is disclosed. In various embodiments, the system includes a truss frame pivotally connected to a frame of the aircraft and configured to rotate about an axis; a retraction actuator configured to rotate the truss frame about the axis; a first truss link pivotally connected to the truss frame; a second truss link pivotally connected to the first truss link; a truss locking link pivotally connected...