ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,371,158, issued on July 29, was assigned to Textron eAviation Inc. (Providence, R.I.).
"Aft swept spring main landing gear" was invented by Paul C. Collado (Wichita, Kan.), Tatiana Arends (Goddard, Kan.), Sean Michael Killingsworth (Wichita, Kan.), Justin Birkey (Wichita, Kan.) and Steven G. Hagerott (Wichita, Kan.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A landing gear system for an aerial device includes a mounting structure and a main landing gear. The mounting structure is configured to be attached relative to a fuselage of the aerial device. The main landing gear includes a pair of aft swept struts and wheels mounted on each of the aft swept ...