Rear mount for an aircraft engine

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10464686-B2
Application number	US-201715683976-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 23, 2017
Priority date	Nov 4, 2016
Publication date	Nov 5, 2019
Grant date	Nov 5, 2019

Abstract

A rear engine mount for a turbomachine of an aircraft comprising a pylon. The rear engine mount comprises a beam attached to the pylon, a first and a second lateral connecting rod having an abutment and attached between the beam and the turbomachine, a three-point, V-shaped central connecting rod, of which the vertex is attached to the turbomachine, and of which the ends of the arms are attached to the beam. The rear engine mount has a plane of symmetry passing through the center of the ball joint of the vertex. The beam has, for each abutment, a buffer, wherein each abutment comes to bear against the buffer in the event of failure of the central connecting rod.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A rear engine mount for a turbomachine of an aircraft comprising a pylon, said rear engine mount comprising:
a beam designed to be attached to the pylon,
a first lateral connecting rod having an abutment,
a second lateral connecting rod having an abutment,
a three-point, V-shaped central connecting rod having two arms joined by a vertex, of which the vertex is configured to be attached via an intermediary of a ball joint to the turbomachine, and free ends of the two arms are attached via an intermediary of a ball joint to the beam,
each lateral connecting rod having a first end attached via an intermediary of a ball joint to the beam and a second end configured to be attached via an intermediary of a ball joint to the turbomachine,
a plane of symmetry passing through a center of the ball joint of the vertex,
the beam having, for each abutment, a buffer, wherein each abutment is configured to bear against said buffer in an event of failure of the central connecting rod.

2. The rear engine mount according to claim 1 , wherein each lateral connecting rod is positioned to approach the other in a direction of the beam, and to move away from the other in a direction of the turbomachine.

3. The rear engine mount according to claim 1 , wherein one of the ball joints between the beam and the central connecting rod is of the waiting fail-safe system type.

4. The rear engine mount according to claim 1 , wherein each buffer is a separate part attached to the beam.

5. An aircraft comprising:
at least one wing,
at least one turbomachine per wing, and
for each turbomachine, a pylon attached to the structure of the wing,
each turbomachine being attached to said pylon via an intermediary of a rear engine mount, comprising:
a beam designed to be attached to the pylon,
a first lateral connecting rod having an abutment,
a second lateral connecting rod having an abutment,
a three-point, V-shaped central connecting rod having two arms joined by a vertex, of which the vertex is configured to be attached via an intermediary of a ball joint to the turbomachine, and free ends of the two arms are attached via an intermediary of a ball joint to the beam,
each lateral connecting rod having a first end attached via an intermediary of a ball joint to the beam and a second end configured to be attached via an intermediary of a ball joint to the turbomachine,
a plane of symmetry passing through a center of the ball joint of the vertex,
the beam having, for each abutment, a buffer, wherein each abutment is configured to bear against said buffer in an event of failure of the central connecting rod.

Assignees

• Airbus Operations Sas

Inventors

• Orteu Benoit

Classifications

• F16C11/045

  with at least a pair of arms pivoting relatively to at least one other arm, all arms being mounted on one pin (crank-pins F16C11/02) · CPC title

• B64D27/12

  within, or attached to, wings · CPC title

• F02C7/20

  Mounting or supporting of plant; Accommodating heat expansion or creep · CPC title

• B64D27/18

  within, or attached to, wings · CPC title

• B64D27/26 Primary

  Operations & Transport · mapped topic