Pylon for mounting an engine on the structure of an aircraft

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9567090-B2
Application number	US-201314427189-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 12, 2013
Priority date	Sep 13, 2012
Publication date	Feb 14, 2017
Grant date	Feb 14, 2017

Abstract

A system for pylon attachment for mounting an engine on a structure of an aircraft, or to wings of the aircraft, is provided. The system includes a first attachment mechanism that can be secured to the pylon and a second attachment mechanism that can be secured to the structure of the aircraft. A connection mechanism connects the first and second attachment mechanism. The connection mechanism allows movement of the first attachment mechanism in relation to the second attachment mechanism between first and second positions.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An assembly of a propulsion engine of an aircraft and a system for attaching a strut for mounting the engine on a structure of an aircraft, on its wing, the attachment system comprising:
a first attachment means, fixed to the strut;
a second attachment means configured to be fixed to the structure of the aircraft; and
a connection means connecting the first attachment means to the second attachment means, the connection means configured to allow movement of the first attachment means relative to the second attachment means between a first position and a second position when the engine is subjected to forces resulting from thrust and weight of the engine,
wherein the connection means forms a deformable trapezoidal structure with first and second vertices of the trapezoid fixed with respect to the first attachment means, and third and fourth vertices of the trapezoid fixed with respect to the second attachment means,
wherein the first vertex of the trapezoid is upstream of the second vertex of the trapezoid, the third vertex is upstream of the fourth vertex of the trapezoid, an upstream connecting rod connects first vertex and the third vertex, and a downstream connecting rod connects the second vertex and the fourth vertex,
wherein the upstream connecting rod and the downstream connecting rod are rigid rods having a fixed length, and
wherein the length of the downstream connecting rod is different from the length of the upstream connecting rod.

2. An assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the first position corresponds to a stopped or cruising-flight position and the second position corresponds to a climbing position of the aircraft.

3. An assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the connection means comprises a movement damper, or a movement damper associated with a member for returning to the first position.

4. An assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the force corresponds to an ascending flight phase.

5. An assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the downstream connecting rod is longer than the upstream connecting rod, and
wherein, in the second position, the engine tilts downward such that a propeller of the engine blows directly on a wing of the aircraft.

6. An assembly according to claim 5 , wherein the engine is an open rotor engine including first and second unducted propellers, and
wherein, in the second position, the engine tilts downward such that the first and second propellers blow directly onto the wing of the aircraft.

7. An assembly according to claim 6 , wherein the engine includes first and second turbines connected to first and second rotors, respectively, which drive the first and second propellers, respectively, and the first vertex is disposed downstream from the first turbine.

Assignees

• Snecma

Inventors

• Gallet Francois
• Joyez Patrick

Classifications

• B64D2027/005

  Aircraft with an unducted turbofan comprising contra-rotating rotors, e.g. contra-rotating open rotors [CROR] · CPC title

• B64C11/48

  Units of two or more coaxial propellers · CPC title

• B64D27/402

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

• B64D27/12 Primary

  within, or attached to, wings · CPC title

• Y02T50/66

  Cross-Sectional Technologies · mapped topic