Aircraft engine module handling assembly

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9309008-B2
Application number	US-201013509304-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 19, 2010
Priority date	Nov 20, 2009
Publication date	Apr 12, 2016
Grant date	Apr 12, 2016

Abstract

An aircraft engine module handling assembly including a carriage, a pivoting portion at a top of the carriage, a module support tooling, and an additional mechanism for assembly of the tooling on the pivoting portion, such that the module can be rotated from an original vertical position, observed when it reaches an assembly shop in a crate, to a horizontal position suitable for its assembly with another module of an engine.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An aircraft engine module handling assembly, comprising:
a moving carriage; and
tooling positioned at an end of the module, wherein the tooling includes a mount and devices for attachment to the module;
wherein the carriage includes an upper structure set up on a support frame, and a pivot for pivoting the upper structure with respect to the support frame around a horizontal axis, and
wherein additional devices are provided on the upper structure and the tooling for securing the tooling to the upper structure in a position in which an axis of rotation of the module intersects the horizontal axis and can be pivoted from a vertical direction to a horizontal direction.

2. An aircraft engine module handling assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the additional devices include a groove limited by overhanging edges, wherein a skid sliding in the groove and attached to a projection of the tooling extends out of the groove, with a stop of the skid in the groove and means of immobilizing the skid at the stop in the groove.

3. An aircraft engine module handling assembly according to claim 1 , further comprising a device for raising the frame.

4. An aircraft engine module handling assembly according to claim 3 , wherein the device for raising the frame includes a table independent of the carriage, and on which the carriage can roll, and wherein immobilizing stops are provided between the table and the carriage.

5. An aircraft engine module handling assembly according to claim 1 , further comprising a lifting arm configured to be assembled at one end with the tooling and, at an opposite end, at a location of the module which is opposite the tooling.

6. An aircraft engine module handling assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the pivot is driven by a motor.

7. An aircraft engine module handling assembly according to claim 2 , wherein the groove is provided in a bracket disposed at a top of the upper structure, and the pivot is fitted in the bracket.

Assignees

• Boulanger Pascal
• David Daniel
• Earith Thomas Julien Roland
• Marchand Jacques
• Snecma

Inventors

• Boulanger Pascal
• David Daniel
• Earith Thomas Julien Roland
• Marchand Jacques

Classifications

• B64F5/0036 Primary

  Operations & Transport · mapped topic

• B66F9/06

  movable, with their loads, on wheels or the like, e.g. fork-lift trucks (vehicle aspects B60 - B62; vehicles predominantly for transporting loads and modified to facilitate loading or unloading B60P1/00; low-lift hand trucks for transporting goods B62B3/06) · CPC title

• B66F7/0625

  with wheels for moving around the floor · CPC title

• B66F7/065

  Scissor linkages, i.e. X-configuration · CPC title

• B64F5/50 Primary

  Handling or transporting aircraft components · CPC title