ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,296,946, issued on May 13, was assigned to Honda Motor Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).
"Landing gear" was invented by Masaru Tomimatsu (Wako, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A landing gear includes: a wheel support member including a first portion for rollably supporting a wheel, and a second portion extending from the first portion toward a fuselage in a direction of an axis of the first portion and supporting the first portion such that the first portion is rotatable about the axis; a swing support member for supporting the second portion of the wheel support member such that the second portion is swingable relative to the fuselage; a retractio...