Patents by Inventor Leonard E. Iles

Leonard E. Iles 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).

  • Patent number: 5460474
    Abstract: An aircraft landing gear trolley (1) for supporting a landing gear (2) and adjusting the position of pintle bearings (39, 71) thereof in relation to pintle mountings on an aircraft is provided. The trolley (1) includes a rolling chassis (3) and a number of frames (15, 16, 17, 18, 19) nested therein, each arranged to provide a different degree of freedom for the landing gear (2). The said degrees of freedom include movement along horizontal, longitudinal and transverse axes, raising and lowering movement and rotational movement about horizontal and substantially upright axes. The rotational axes are coincident at a point positioned centrally of one of the pintle bearings (39) of landing gear (2) supported by the trolley.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 1993
    Date of Patent: October 24, 1995
    Assignee: British Aerospace Public Limited Company
    Inventor: Leonard E. Iles