US Patent Issued to VAN'S AIRCRAFT on June 17 for "Leverage-reducing landing gear system, a constant angle suspension landing gear system, or a combination of both systems" (Oregon Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,330,774, issued on June 17, was assigned to VAN'S AIRCRAFT INC. (Aurora, Ore.).

"Leverage-reducing landing gear system, a constant angle suspension landing gear system, or a combination of both systems" was invented by Brian Hickman (Canby, Ore.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Improved landing gear systems include a leverage-reducing landing gear system, a constant angle suspension landing gear system, or a combination of both systems. Preferred leverage-reducing landing gear systems include shock absorbers angled upward from their respective primary landing gear legs toward a central vertical longitudinal plane at an angle less than 30 d...