On this day in 1943 William L. Oden was granted the patent for AIRPLANE LANDING GEAR. U.S. Patent No. 2,435,459.
This invention relates to airplane landing gear and specifically to the pneumatic tires thereof.
It is particularly aimed to provide a means which will, without the application of extraneous power, cause the wheels of the landing gear to rotate in forward direction at approximately the landing ground speed of the particular airplane on which the invention is used in order to prevent the usual skidding of the wheels and tires when contact is made with the runway surface, thereby to avoid the excessive wear occasioned by such skidding, in order to prolong the life of the tires.
It also is aimed to provide constructions whereby the means which cause the rotation of the wheels or tires is collapsible but which readily will extend or expand when the wheels are projected.
