Patent 11085465 was granted and assigned to Goodrich Corporation on August, 2021 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
Retention systems for retaining a gland is provided. A hydraulic actuator may comprise a cylinder closed at an end by a gland, wherein the gland comprises a gland body having a bearing flange disposed within an interior volume of the cylinder, a lock ring retainer disposed between the gland body and the cylinder and contacted with the bearing flange, and a lock ring coupled between the lock ring retainer and a lock ring channel of the cylinder.