Aircraft assembly comprising a mounting strut built into the nacelle and arranged at the rear section of the fuselage

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10336458-B2
Application number	US-201414575332-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 18, 2014
Priority date	Dec 23, 2013
Publication date	Jul 2, 2019
Grant date	Jul 2, 2019

Abstract

In order to reduce engine deformation, the subject matter disclosed herein provides an assembly for an aircraft, comprising an aircraft rear section, an engine, a nacelle, and a mounting strut for mounting the engine on the rear section, the assembly also comprising mounting for mounting the engine on a rigid structure of the strut, the mounting comprising two engine mounts designed to react the axial thrust forces generated by the engine. According to the subject matter disclosed herein, the rigid structure of the strut comprises a first portion partially enveloping the engine, this first portion comprising an external skin forming part of an external aerodynamic surface of the nacelle, and the two engine mounts are arranged diametrically opposite each other at the rear of the rigid structure, being attached to the first portion.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An assembly for an aircraft having a fuselage, the assembly comprising:
a rear section of the aircraft;
an engine;
a nacelle;
a mounting strut for mounting the engine on the rear section; and
a mounting for mounting the engine on a rigid structure of the mounting strut,
wherein the mounting comprises two engine mounts to react axial thrust forces generated by the engine,
wherein the rigid structure comprises a first portion, partially enveloping the engine, and an external skin, which forms part of an external aerodynamic surface of the nacelle,
wherein the two engine mounts that react the axial thrust forces are arranged diametrically opposite each other and are attached to the first portion.

2. The assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the mounting comprises a plurality of other engine mounts, which are arranged in front of the two engine mounts.

3. The assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the first portion of the rigid structure comprises a plurality of panels, which are stiffened by structural frames or spars, wherein the plurality of panels together form the external skin.

4. The assembly according to claim 3 , wherein the structural frames bear the two engine mounts.

5. The assembly according to claim 3 , wherein the spars bear the two engine mounts.

6. The assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the rigid structure comprises a second portion, which is fixed to the fuselage and is configured to offset the first portion in relation to the fuselage, wherein the offset spaces the first portion apart from the fuselage.

7. The assembly according to claim 6 , wherein the second portion comprises a plurality of spars, which extend in a direction of offsetting the engine away from the fuselage, and an axial beam connecting the spars and supporting the first portion.

8. The assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the first portion is a shield configured to protect the fuselage against an engine break up.

9. The assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the first portion is arranged to face a low-pressure compressor of the engine and is a shield configured to protect the fuselage against an engine break up.

10. The assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the engine comprises a gas generator and a receiver, which has a pair of unducted contra-rotating propellers and is arranged at a rear of the gas generator.

11. The assembly according to claim 10 , wherein the two engine mounts are attached to the engine near a junction between the gas generator and the receiver.

12. The assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the nacelle comprises nacelle elements, including articulated cowls mounted on the first portion.

13. The assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the rear section is a fuselage rear section of the aircraft.

14. The assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the rear section is a vertical empennage of the aircraft, which is fixed to a fuselage rear section.

15. The assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the first portion of the rigid structure comprises a plurality of panels, which are stiffened by structural frames and spars, wherein the plurality of panels together form the external skin.

16. The assembly according to claim 15 , wherein the structural frames bear the two engine mounts.

17. The assembly according to claim 15 , wherein the spars bear the two engine mounts.

18. The assembly according to claim 15 , wherein the structural frames and spars bear the two engine mounts.

19. An aircraft comprising an assembly according to claim 1 .

20. An assembly for an aircraft having a fuselage, the assembly comprising:
a rear section of the aircraft;
an engine;
a nacelle;
a mounting strut for mounting the engine on the rear section; and
a mounting for mounting the engine on a rigid structure of the mounting strut,
wherein the mounting comprises two engine mounts to react axial thrust forces generated by the engine,
wherein the rigid structure comprises a first portion, partially enveloping the engine, and an external skin, which forms part of an external aerodynamic surface of the nacelle,
wherein the two engine mounts that react the axial thrust forces are arranged diametrically opposite each other, both above and below a plane that is parallel to a transverse direction of the aircraft and passing through a longitudinal axis of the engine, at a rear of the rigid structure, and
wherein the two engine mounts that react the axial thrust forces are attached to the first portion.

Assignees

• Airbus Operations Sas

Inventors

• Guillemaut Julien
• Alby Sébastien
• Colmagro Jérôme
• Pome Pascal
• Blanc Jonathan
• Robiglio Thomas
• Sjostrom Tobias

Classifications

• B64D27/20 Primary

  within, or attached to, fuselages · CPC title

• B64D2027/262

  Operations & Transport · mapped topic

• B64D27/26 Primary

  Operations & Transport · mapped topic

• B64D27/402

  comprising box like supporting frames, e.g. pylons or arrangements for embracing the power plant · CPC title