ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,473,080, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to GOODRICH Corp. (Charlotte, N.C.).
"Counterbalanced retract actuator for landing gear" was invented by Jason Bradley Allen (Morton, Ill.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aircraft landing gear actuation system which uses two separate actuation forces to retract aircraft landing gear is disclosed. One of the actuation forces may be provided by an actuator, such as a hydraulic actuator. Another of these actuation forces may be provided by a pressurized fluid that is directed into the actuator through a conduit that extends into a hollow interior of an actuator rod of the actuator. The pressurized ...