Front engine attachment system for an aircraft engine, having a beam made in three parts

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11518534-B2
Application number	US-202016878034-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 19, 2020
Priority date	May 21, 2019
Publication date	Dec 6, 2022
Grant date	Dec 6, 2022

Abstract

A front engine attachment system for an engine of an aircraft, the front engine attachment system having an engine pylon having, in its front part, a frontal part having an attachment wall with a front face, and a front engine attachment having a beam, which is fastened to the front face and to which a link rod is fastened on either side of a median plane. Each link rod is fastened to the beam in an articulated manner by at least one first connection point and is configured to be fastened to the engine in an articulated manner by at least one second connection point. The beam is made up of front, intermediate and rear plates. The rear plate is pressed against the front face. The front plate is disposed in front of the rear plate. The intermediate plate is disposed between the front plate and the rear plate.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A front engine attachment system configured to fix an engine of an aircraft, the front engine attachment system having:
an engine pylon having, in its front part, a frontal part having an attachment wall that has a front face, and
a front engine attachment having a beam, which is fastened to the front face and to which a link rod is fastened on either side of a median plane,
wherein each link rod is fastened to the beam in an articulated manner by at least one first connection point and is configured to be fastened to the engine in an articulated manner by at least one second connection point,
wherein the beam is made up of a front plate, an intermediate plate and a rear plate, wherein the rear plate is pressed against the front face, wherein the front plate is disposed in front of the rear plate, and wherein the intermediate plate is disposed between the front plate and the rear plate,
wherein each first connection point between the beam and a link rod is formed as a clevis created in the beam, wherein a first wall of said clevis is made up of an extension of the front plate, and wherein a second wall of said clevis is made up of an extension of the rear plate,
wherein each link rod comprises a backup safety fastening point that is activated upon a failure of a primary load path and creates an auxiliary load path between the engine and the engine pylon,
wherein each backup safety fastening point is made up of a clevis provided in the engine and a pin that is fitted into bores in said clevis and passes through a bore in the beam, a diameter of which is greater than a diameter of the pin,
wherein the bore in the beam is formed by a bore through the intermediate plate,
wherein the first link rod is fastened to the beam by two first connection points and to the engine by a second connection point, and the second link rod is fastened to the beam by a first connection point and to the engine by a second connection point,
wherein the intermediate plate is connected at two connection points to the engine, and
wherein the plates are in contact with each other.

2. The front engine attachment system according to claim 1 , wherein the fastening of the beam to the front face of the attachment wall is undertaken with bolts, and wherein each bolt passes through a bore in the attachment wall, a bore in the rear plate, a bore in the intermediate plate and a bore in the front plate.

3. An aircraft having a structure, an engine and a front engine attachment system according to claim 1 ,
wherein the engine pylon is fastened to the structure, and
wherein a front part of the engine is fastened to said at least one second connection point.

Assignees

• Airbus Operations Sas

Inventors

• Deforet Thomas
• Lansiaux Rémi
• Dubois Olivier
• Mertes Anthony
• Puech Jacky

Classifications

• B64D27/18

  within, or attached to, wings · CPC title

• B64D2027/266

  Operations & Transport · mapped topic

• B64D27/26 Primary

  Operations & Transport · mapped topic

• B64D27/404 Primary

  Suspension arrangements specially adapted for supporting vertical loads · CPC title