US Patent Issued to SAFRAN LANDING SYSTEMS on July 22 for "Strut for aircraft landing gear equipped with an accumulator, landing gear comprising such a strut, and aircraft comprising at least one such landing gear" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,365,450, issued on July 22, was assigned to SAFRAN LANDING SYSTEMS (Velizy-Villacoublay, France).

"Strut for aircraft landing gear equipped with an accumulator, landing gear comprising such a strut, and aircraft comprising at least one such landing gear" was invented by Aurelien Doux (Moissy-Cramayel, France) and David Frank (Moissy-Cramayel, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A strut for an aircraft landing gear is provided. The strut includes a casing configured to absorb landing forces applied to the aircraft landing gear. The casing includes a cavity in which an energy accumulator is housed. The energy accumulator can be a removab...