TY - JOUR AB - Land wheels, runners, and skids shockabsorbers, applications of.In order to transmit wing torsion from the free ends to the roots thereof, the landing carriage is constructed in two portions, each comprising two triangular struts, b, c and j, k, m, connected at their apices to carry the wheel, and pivoted at their bases foreandaft of one of the wings, the former towards the wingtip, the latter near its root. The strut b, c has an extension a, which forms the wheelaxle. The member j is constructed as a spring or hydraulic shock absorber, and the axle a is pivotally connected to the piston of the shockabsorber. In the modification shown the axle a is connected to a sleeve g, slidable on the member j, and connected to the piston. TI - Month in the Patent Office JF - Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology DO - 10.1108/eb029114 DA - 1929-02-01 UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/emerald-publishing/month-in-the-patent-office-fN0LNKBTm4 SP - 78 EP - 78 VL - 1 IS - 2 DP - DeepDyve ER -