Assembly for fixing beams, including a support plate and two fixings on respective opposite sides of the support plate

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12397919-B2
Application number	US-202418637748-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 17, 2024
Priority date	Apr 21, 2023
Publication date	Aug 26, 2025
Grant date	Aug 26, 2025

Abstract

An assembly including a support plate through which passes an opening with two faces parallel to a bearing plane, a first fixing fixed against the first face, first sleeves receiving beams, and a stud with a hole having an axis, a second fixing against the second face, second sleeves receiving beams, a housing for the stud and a clamping screw screwed into the hole, with the axis at an angle (α) to the bearing plane between 10° and 80° inclusive. The assembly forms a chassis which may be fixed to a propulsion assembly and a wing of an aircraft.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An assembly for fixing beams comprising:
a support plate through which an opening passes and having a first face and a second face opposite the first face, the first and second faces being parallel to a bearing plane,
a first fixing including:
a first base fixed against the first face by fixing means,
on a side opposite the first face, at least one first sleeve configured to receive, inside the at least one first sleeve, one end of a beam, and
a stud extending through said opening and including a hole with an axis,

a second fixing including
a second base bearing against the second face and,
on a side opposite the second face, at least one second sleeve fastened to the second base and configured to receive, inside the at least one second sleeve, one end of a beam,
a housing in which said stud is housed and which includes a clamping wall through which passes a hole facing said hole of said stud, and

a clamping screw screwed into the hole of the stud and sandwiching the clamping wall, an axis of the hole being at an angle (α) to the bearing plane between 10° and 80° inclusive.

2. The assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the hole is coaxial with a sleeve of the first fixing.

3. The assembly according to claim 1 , wherein a head of the clamping screw is housed in a bushing of the second fixing, the bushing having a cylindrical surface which carries a first thread,
wherein the assembly further comprises an additional beam with an end having a second thread complementary to the first thread.

4. The assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the stud has an exterior surface that fits inside an interior surface of the housing, and
wherein the exterior surface and the interior surface are parallel to an axis of the hole.

5. The assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the stud has an exterior surface that fits inside an interior surface of the housing, and
wherein the exterior surface and the interior surface are both perpendicular to the bearing plane.

6. The assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the angle is between 30° and 60° inclusive.

7. A chassis for fixing a propulsion assembly to a wing of an aircraft, said chassis comprising:
a plurality of formers,
a plurality of beams,
a plurality of the assembly of claim 1 ,
wherein the beams are fixed to the formers by the assemblies, each former constituting a support plate and each sleeve receiving an end of the beams.

8. An aircraft comprising:
the chassis according to claim 7 ,
a propulsion assembly,
and a wing, the propulsion assembly fixed to the chassis and the chassis fixed to the wing.

Assignees

• Airbus Operations Sas

Inventors

• Vinches Frédéric
• Fukasaku Kotaro
• Amargier Rémi

Classifications

• B64D27/40 Primary

  Arrangements for mounting power plants in aircraft · CPC title

• F16B9/056

  the intermediate member extending through the flat surface; the rod or tubular part extending through the flat surface · CPC title

• B64D27/12

  within, or attached to, wings · CPC title

• B64D27/06

  within, or attached to, wings · CPC title

• B64D27/402 Primary

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