Arrangement for coupling fairing panel to engine casing

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11485509-B2
Application number	US-201916412724-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 15, 2019
Priority date	May 15, 2019
Publication date	Nov 1, 2022
Grant date	Nov 1, 2022

Abstract

Disclosed is an arrangement for coupling a fairing panel to an engine casing. The arrangement includes a pair of rigid brackets having a specific stiffness, wherein the pair of rigid brackets couple a first side of the fairing panel to a first side of the engine casing. The arrangement further includes a pair of flexible brackets comprising a first flexible bracket having a first stiffness and a second flexible bracket having a second stiffness more than the first stiffness. Moreover, the first stiffness and the second stiffness are less than the specific stiffness of the pair of rigid brackets. Furthermore, the pair of flexible brackets couple a second side opposite to the first side of the fairing panel to a second side opposite to the first side of the engine casing.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An arrangement for coupling a fairing panel to an engine casing, the arrangement comprising:
a pair of rigid brackets having a specific stiffness, wherein the pair of rigid brackets couple a first side of the fairing panel to a first side of the engine casing; and
a pair of flexible brackets comprising a first flexible bracket having a first stiffness and a second flexible bracket having a second stiffness greater than the first stiffness,
wherein the first stiffness and the second stiffness are less than the specific stiffness of the pair of rigid brackets, and wherein the pair of flexible brackets couple a second side opposite to the first side of the fairing panel to a second side opposite to the first side of the engine casing,
wherein a ratio of the second stiffness to the first stiffness is greater than or equal to 10, and the difference between the second stiffness and the first stiffness causes torsional deformation of the fairing panel rather than bending of the fairing panel, thereby preventing an engine out of balance from exciting a vibration mode of the fairing panel.

2. The arrangement of claim 1 , wherein the first flexible bracket has at least one chosen from a different shape and a different thickness as compared to the second flexible bracket.

3. The arrangement of claim 1 , wherein the first flexible bracket is made of a first material and the second flexible bracket is made of a second material.

4. The arrangement of claim 1 , wherein each bracket of the pair of rigid brackets and each bracket of the pair of flexible brackets comprises at least two apertures, each to accommodate a fastener for coupling each bracket of the pair of rigid brackets and each bracket of the pair of flexible brackets to each of the fairing panel and the engine casing.

Assignees

• Rolls Royce Deutschland Ltd & Co Kg

Inventors

• Dickert Uwe
• Juengling Christoph
• Muniyandi Muthukrishnan
• Riveros Fabian

Classifications

• B64D29/06 Primary

  Attaching of nacelles, fairings or cowlings · CPC title

• F01D25/243

  Flange connections; Bolting arrangements (F01D25/265 takes precedence) · CPC title

• F02C7/20

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

• F16M1/00

  Frames or casings of engines, machines or apparatus; Frames serving as machinery beds · CPC title

• F16M13/02

  for supporting on, or attaching to, an object, e.g. tree, gate, window-frame, cycle · CPC title