Patents by Inventor Jerome Kilner

Jerome Kilner has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Semi-levered landing gear and auxiliary strut thereof
    Patent number: 6345564
    Abstract: A semi-levered landing gear includes a main strut, a wheel truck pivotally attached at a main pivot to a lower end of the main strut and supporting forward and aft wheels, and an auxiliary strut attached at its upper end to the main strut and at its lower end to the wheel truck forward of the main pivot. The auxiliary strut includes a main piston that slides within a cylinder barrel and is attached at its lower end to the auxiliary pivot, and a floating piston that slides relative to the cylinder barrel and the main piston and divides the cylinder barrel into a pair of fluid chambers. The main piston includes snubbing holes or orifices through which fluid can flow between the two fluid chambers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2002
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Jerome Kilner, Gary Lindahl
  • Semi-levered landing gear and auxiliary strut therefor
    Patent number: 6182925
    Abstract: A semi-levered landing gear includes a main strut, a wheel truck pivotally attached at a main pivot to a lower end of the main strut and supporting forward and aft wheels, and an auxiliary strut attached at its upper end to the main strut and at its lower end to the wheel truck forward of the main pivot. The auxiliary strut includes a main piston that slides within a cylinder barrel and is attached at its lower end to the auxiliary pivot, and a floating piston that slides relative to the cylinder barrel and the main piston and divides the cylinder barrel into a pair of fluid chambers. The main piston includes snubbing holes or orifices through which fluid can flow between the two fluid chambers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2001
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Jerome Kilner, Gary Lindahl