ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,409,931, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to The Boeing Co. (Arlington, Va.).
"Landing gear shrink link mechanism" was invented by Christopher M. Alley (Seattle), Leanne M. Campbell (Snohomish, Wash.), Gabriela K. Defrancisci (Edmonds, Wash.), Gregory J. Vering (Seattle), Aaron P. Knock (Seattle), Mitchell Mellor (Bothell, Wash.) and Justin D. Cottet (Snohomish, Wash.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A landing gear including an outer cylinder, a shock strut assembly, and a passive shrink mechanism. The outer cylinder is coupled to a frame of an aircraft about a trunnion axis of rotation. The shock strut assembly is coupled to the outer cyl...