Aircraft propulsion unit comprising an unducted-fan turbine engine and an attachment pylon

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10723434-B2
Application number	US-201615551921-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 18, 2016
Priority date	Feb 19, 2015
Publication date	Jul 28, 2020
Grant date	Jul 28, 2020

Abstract

A propulsion assembly for aircraft, the assembly including a turbojet having at least one unducted propulsion propeller; and an attachment pylon for attaching the turbojet to a structural element of the aircraft, the pylon being positioned on the turbojet upstream from the propeller and having an airfoil extending transversely between a leading edge and a trailing edge, the trailing edge of the airfoil of the pylon includes a cutout extending longitudinally over a fraction of the trailing edge facing at least a portion of the propeller, the cutout being configured to increase locally the distance between the trailing edge and the propeller, the cutout presenting an outline having a curved shape presenting at least two points of inflection.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A propulsion assembly for aircraft, the assembly comprising:
a turbojet having at least one unducted propulsion propeller; and
an attachment pylon for attaching the turbojet to a structural element of the aircraft, said pylon being positioned on the turbojet upstream from the propeller and having an airfoil extending transversely between a leading edge and a trailing edge,
wherein the trailing edge of the airfoil of the pylon includes a cutout extending longitudinally over a fraction of the trailing edge facing at least a portion of the propeller, said cutout being configured to increase locally a distance between the trailing edge and the propeller, the cutout presenting an outline having a curved shape presenting at least two points of inflection.

2. The propulsion assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the trailing edge of the airfoil of the pylon presents a geometrical profile that is curved.

3. The propulsion assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the cutout of the trailing edge of the airfoil of the pylon extends longitudinally over the trailing edge between a point of the trailing edge situated at less than 80% of the height of the propeller and a point of the trailing edge situated at more than 110% of the height of the propeller.

4. The propulsion assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the cutout in the trailing edge of the airfoil of the pylon presents a geometrical profile made up of a central segment and of two junction curves, said junction curves each presenting one of the points of inflection and being tangential at ends thereof to the central segment and to the trailing edge.

5. The propulsion assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the cutout in the trailing edge of the airfoil of the pylon presents a geometrical profile comprising a circular arc.

6. The propulsion assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the cutout in the trailing edge of the airfoil of the pylon presents a geometrical profile describing a polynomial curve or a spline curve.

7. The propulsion assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the cutout in the trailing edge of the airfoil of the pylon presents a geometrical profile made up of two junction curves, each junction curve being tangential at one end to the trailing edge and at another end to the other junction curve.

8. The propulsion assembly according to claim 1 , wherein a top end of the trailing edge presents a curved portion that is tangential to the structural element of the aircraft.

Assignees

• Safran Aircraft Engines

Inventors

• Gruber Mathieu Simon Paul
• Jodet Norman Bruno Andre

Classifications

• B64D27/402

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

• Y02T50/40

  Weight reduction · CPC title

• Y02T50/60

  Efficient propulsion technologies, e.g. for aircraft · CPC title

• Y02T50/10

  Drag reduction · CPC title

• B64D27/14

  within, or attached to, fuselages · CPC title