Aircraft landing gear

Claim 1

A HELICOPTER COMPRISING A CHASSIS, AND TORSIONAL SHOCK-ABSORBING LANDING GEAR NORMALLY DEPENDING FROM SAID CHASSIS FOR ABSORBING LANDING SHOCK AND FOR SUPPORTING SAID HELICOPTER ON A LANDING SURFACE; SAID LANDING GEAR COMPRISING A TORSION ROD STRUCTURE SECURED TO SAID CHASSIS, SAID STRUCTURE COMPRISING A PAIR OF OPERATIVELY DISTINCT TORSION ROD SECTIONS EXTENDING GENERALLY LONGITUDINALLY OF SAID CHASSIS, EACH OF SAID ROD SECTIONS BEING NON-ROTATABLY SECURED AT A PREDETERMINED LOCATION THEREALONG IN MOUNTING BRACKET MEANS WHICH IN TURN IS FIXEDLY SECURED TO SAID CHASSIS, AN END PORTION OF EACH ROD SECTION SPACED FROM SUCH PREDETERMINED LOCATION THEREOF BEING JOURNALLED FOR TORSIONAL TWISTING IN BEARING BRACKET MEANS WHICH IN TURN IS FIXEDLY SECURED TO SAID CHASSIS, EACH ROD SECTION THEREBY BEING MOUNTED FOR TWISTING ABOUT ITS AXIS INDEPENDENTLY OF THE OTHER SECTION, A STRUT FIXEDLY AND NON-ROTATABLY CONNECTED WITH EACH OF SAID ROD SECTIONS, SAID STRUTS EXTENDING GENERALLY LATERALLY OF SAID RESPECTIVE ROD SECTIONS IN GENERALLY THE SAME DIRECTION RELATIVE THERETO, AND MEANS ON THE LOWER ENDS OF SAID STRUTS FOR ENGAGING A LANDING SURFACE WHEN SAID HELICOPTER IS LANDED ON SUCH SURFACE.