ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,434,820, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to THE BOEING COMPANY (Arlington, Va.).
"Aircraft landing gear with tension drag brace" was invented by Michael A. Long (Langley, Wash.), Justin Duane Cottet (Snohomish, Wash.) and Christopher M. Newton (Bothell, Wash.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aircraft includes: a wing landing gear; and a body landing gear which includes a shock absorber strut assembly comprising a wheel, a fixed truss structure and an aircraft structure connection point, a drag brace, and a pivot joint that connects the fixed truss structure to the drag brace; and a body landing gear wheel well configured to store the body...