Aircraft engine attachment device, and corresponding aircraft

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9676489-B2
Application number	US-201514920207-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 22, 2015
Priority date	Oct 30, 2014
Publication date	Jun 13, 2017
Grant date	Jun 13, 2017

Abstract

A device for attaching an aircraft engine to a pylon secured to the aircraft, the attachment device comprising a beam secured to the pylon and a first clevis mount comprising two cheeks connected to one another by a first clevis pin. A second clevis mount is secured to the engine and comprises two cheeks connected to one another by a second clevis pin. A shackle is rotatably connected to the first and second pins by first and second spherical joints. The attachment device further comprises at least one pair of washers positioned around one of the pins, one washer on each side of the shackle, and separating the shackle from the cheeks of the clevis mount bearing the one of the pins. The shackle, in its extreme positions of rotation about the one of the pins passing through the two spherical joints, coming into contact with the washers.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A device for attaching an aircraft engine to a pylon secured to the structure of the aircraft, the attachment device comprising:
a beam, configured to be secured to the pylon and comprising a first clevis mount which comprises two cheeks connected to one another by a first clevis pin;
a second clevis mount, configured to be secured to the engine and comprising two cheeks connected to one another by a second clevis pin;
a shackle rotatably connected to the said first pin by a first spherical joint and to the second pin by a second spherical joint;
at least one pair of washers positioned around one of the pins, one washer on each side of the shackle, and separating the shackle from the cheeks of the clevis mount bearing said one of the pins,
the shackle, in its extreme positions of rotation about said one of the pins passing through one of the two spherical joints, comes into contact with the washers.

2. The attachment device according to claim 1 , wherein the washers are made of a material of lesser hardness than the material of which the shackle is made.

3. The attachment device according to claim 1 , wherein each of the washers has a circular external edge.

4. The attachment device according to claim 3 , wherein each of the washers has a peripheral thickening near the external edge.

5. An aircraft comprising:
an engine fixed to a support pylon secured to a structure of the aircraft by an attachment device, the attachment device comprising:
a beam, configured to be secured to the pylon and comprising a first clevis mount which comprises two cheeks connected to one another by a first clevis pin;
a second clevis mount, configured to be secured to the engine and comprising two cheeks connected to one another by a second clevis pin;
a shackle rotatably connected to the said first pin by a first spherical joint and to the second pin by a second spherical joint;
at least one pair of washers positioned around one of the pins, one washer on each side of the shackle, and separating the shackle from the cheeks of the clevis mount bearing said one of the pins,
the shackle, in its extreme positions of rotation about said one of the pins passing through one of the two spherical joints, comes into contact with the washers.

6. The aircraft according to claim 5 , wherein the washers are made of a material of lesser hardness than the material of which the shackle is made.

7. The aircraft according to claim 5 , wherein each of the washers has a circular external edge.

8. The aircraft according to claim 7 , wherein each of the washers has a peripheral thickening near the external edge.

Assignees

• Airbus Operations Sas
• Airbus Operations Sas

Inventors

• Serra Bruno
• Garrigues Richard

Classifications

• B64D27/402

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

• B64D27/404 Primary

  Suspension arrangements specially adapted for supporting vertical loads · CPC title

• B64D27/26 Primary

  Operations & Transport · mapped topic

• B64D2027/264

  Operations & Transport · mapped topic

• B64D2027/266

  Operations & Transport · mapped topic