Assembly for aircraft comprising engines with boundary layer ingestion propulsion

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10633101-B2
Application number	US-201715626698-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 19, 2017
Priority date	Jun 20, 2016
Publication date	Apr 28, 2020
Grant date	Apr 28, 2020

Abstract

In order to further benefit from the principle of boundary layer ingestion by engines of an aircraft assembly, the rear portion of the fuselage of this aircraft assembly includes a front portion which splits up into at least two distinct rear portions, spaced apart from each other, and each integrating the rotary ring of the receiver of one of the engines.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An assembly for aircraft comprising:
a rear portion of a fuselage,
at least two engines with propulsion by boundary layer ingestion circulating on the rear portion of fuselage,
each engine comprising a receiver equipped with a rotary ring from which bladed elements project radially to the outside,
said rear portion of the fuselage including a front portion which splits up into at least two distinct rear portions, spaced apart from each other, and each distinct rear portion integrates the rotary ring of one of said engines interposed between a front piece of the rear portion and a rear piece of the rear portion, wherein each rotary ring and the corresponding distinct rear portion are centered about common longitudinal axes,
wherein each rear portion comprises in succession, from front to rear:
a front piece of the fuselage with a shape converging toward the rear;
the rotary ring; and
a rear piece,

wherein the rear piece has a converging shape wherein a cross-sectional area of a first portion of the rear piece adjacent the rotary ring is less than a cross-sectional area of a second portion of the rear piece aft of the first portion of the rear piece.

2. The assembly as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the receivers of said engines are spaced apart from each other along one of a transverse direction or along a height direction of said assembly.

3. The assembly as claimed in claim 1 , wherein each receiver is a fan surrounded by a nacelle joined to the associated rear portion of fuselage, by means of at least one of front support arms or outlet guide vanes.

4. The assembly as claimed in claim 3 , wherein at least one of
each nacelle is structural and designed in order to ensure a transmission of the forces coming from one or more empennages of the assembly, in the direction of the associated rear portion of fuselage, or
the assembly comprises at least one force transfer beam between an empennage and the rear portion of fuselage.

5. The assembly as claimed in claim 3 , wherein the nacelles are mechanically joined to each other.

6. The assembly as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising two empennages.

7. The assembly as claimed in claim 6 ,
wherein each receiver is a fan surrounded by a nacelle joined to the associated rear portion of fuselage, by means of at least one of front support arms or outlet guide vanes, and
wherein the two empennages and the nacelles have the same imaginary transverse plane of the assembly passing through the two empennages and the nacelles.

8. An aircraft comprising an assembly as claimed in claim 1 .

9. An assembly for aircraft comprising:
a rear portion of a fuselage,
at least two engines with propulsion by boundary layer ingestion circulating on the rear portion of fuselage,
each engine comprising a receiver equipped with a rotary ring from which bladed elements project radially to the outside,
said rear portion of the fuselage including a front portion which splits up into at least two distinct rear portions, spaced apart from each other, and each distinct rear portion integrates the rotary ring of one of said engines interposed between a front piece of the rear portion and a rear piece of the rear portion, wherein each rotary ring and the corresponding distinct rear portion are centered about common longitudinal axes,
wherein each engine comprises a gas generator driving the receiver of said engine, said gas generator comprising a compressor assembly, a combustion chamber and a turbine assembly, said gas generator disposed in front of the receiver,
wherein each engine has an inverted design in which the turbine assembly is situated in front of the compressor assembly, orifices for evacuation of exhaust gases through the rear portion of fuselage disposed in front of the gas generator,
wherein each rear portion comprises in succession, from front to rear:
a front piece of the fuselage with a shape converging toward the rear;
the rotary ring; and
a rear piece,

wherein the rear piece has a converging shape wherein a cross-sectional area of a first portion of the rear piece adjacent the rotary ring is less than a cross-sectional area of a second portion of the rear piece aft of the first portion of the rear piece.

Assignees

• Airbus Operations Sas

Inventors

• Negulescu Camil
• Rogero Jean-Michel
• Faure Renaud

Classifications

• B64D27/20

  within, or attached to, fuselages · CPC title

• B64D29/04

  associated with fuselages · CPC title

• B64C39/04

  having multiple fuselages or tail booms · CPC title

• B64D33/02

  of combustion air intakes · CPC title

• B64D27/16 Primary

  of jet type · CPC title