Landing gear casing provided with a box structure
A reduced-volume landing gear casing for the landing gear of an aircraft including a box structure to which the landing gear is fixed and which takes up the loads acting thereon. The box structure can include, in particular, means for receiving the fixing bearings of the landing gear.
1. A reduced-volume landing gear bay for a landing gear of an aircraft, comprising a frame having a box-section structure to which the landing gear is attached and which reacts to loads to which the landing gear is subjected, wherein the box-section structure comprises front rear and lateral frame elements with framed box sections that form respective front, rear and lateral sides of the landing gear bay, said lateral frame elements enclosing means for housing bearings for attaching the landing gear.
2. The landing gear bay as claimed in of claim 1 , wherein, the landing gear comprises at least one telescopic strut having further bearings, and the box-section structure comprises means for housing said further bearings of said strut near a skin of the fuselage.
3. The landing gear bay as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the rear box section forms a rear cross-member of the landing gear bay, wherein said strut is a rear strut and wherein the rear box section has a housing to house this rear strut.
4. The landing gear bay as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the landing gear comprises two telescopic front struts each provided with a said further bearing housed in a lateral box section of said lateral frame element.
5. The landing gear bay as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the front box section forms a front cross-member of the landing gear bay.
6. The landing gear bay as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the rear box section forms a rear cross-member of the landing gear bay.
7. The landing gear bay as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the box-section structure is made of composite materials by draping composite fabric over supports that act as stiffeners.
8. The landing gear bay as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the frame comprises a framework for attaching and reacting to the loads of the landing gear and which forms a structural part of the landing gear bay, the box section structure further comprising an envelope structure, added over the frame, constituting a part that protects the box section structure and reacts to pressurization loadings.
9. An aircraft equipped with a landing gear bay as claimed in claim 1 .
10. An aircraft equipped with a landing gear bay as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the frame comprises a framework for attaching and reacting to the loads of the landing gear and which forms a structural part of the landing gear bay, the box section structure further comprising an envelope structure, added over the frame, constituting a part that protects the box section structure and reacts to pressurization loadings.