Aircraft engine fastener

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9527599-B2
Application number	US-201514600921-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 20, 2015
Priority date	Jan 21, 2014
Publication date	Dec 27, 2016
Grant date	Dec 27, 2016

Abstract

An engine fastener includes a fixing assembly having a connection element provided with a shaft and holding two pins, which are configured to participate in the implementation of a fail-safe function, the fixing assembly including a shear pin surrounding the shaft of the connection element with a clearance , the shear pin being arranged between the two pins and being adjusted so as to be in contact with two joined fitting parts at a junction zone therebetween, the shaft of the connection element also being mounted with clearances relative to the two pins and the two fitting parts.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An aircraft engine fastener, intended to fix an engine to a nacelle stub for suspension of this engine, the engine fastener comprising an elongate fastener body formed of two joined fittings, the fastener body being provided at a first end with a fixing assembly, the engine fastener comprising two connecting rods connected by a crossbar to the fastener body at a second end thereof opposite the first end, the fixing assembly comprising a connection element provided with a shaft and configured to hold two tubular pins arranged one in each of the two fitting parts of the two fittings, the two fitting parts being joined at a junction zone, and the two tubular pins surrounding the shaft by being arranged one at each of the two axial ends of the shaft,
the fixing assembly comprising a tubular shear pin surrounding the shaft of the connection element with a clearance, the shear pin being arranged between the two pins and being in contact with the two fitting parts on either side of the junction zone, the shaft of the connection element also being mounted with clearances relative to the two pins and to the two fitting parts.

2. The aircraft engine fastener according to claim 1 ,
wherein the two fitting parts each comprise an individual tubular cutout, radially outside a bore formed for the passage of the shaft of the connection element, these two individual tubular cutouts being adjacent at the junction zone and forming a tubular cutout configured to receive the shear pin with contact.

3. An engine assembly comprising an engine and a nacelle stub for suspension of this engine, the nacelle stub being provided with a fastener system comprising at least one front engine fastener and one rear engine fastener,
wherein the front engine fastener is an engine fastener according to claim 1 .

4. An aircraft,
the aircraft comprising at least one engine assembly according to claim 3 .

Assignees

• Airbus Operations Sas

Inventors

• Deforet Thomas
• Wysocki Arnold

Classifications

• B64D27/406 Primary

  Suspension arrangements specially adapted for supporting thrust loads, e.g. thrust links · CPC title

• B64D27/404

  Suspension arrangements specially adapted for supporting vertical loads · CPC title

• B64D2027/266

  Operations & Transport · mapped topic

• B64D2027/268

  Operations & Transport · mapped topic

• B64D27/26 Primary

  Operations & Transport · mapped topic