Method for mounting an aircraft engine on a pylon, and engine fastener for implementing said method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9708982-B2
Application number	US-201214110864-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 30, 2012
Priority date	Apr 14, 2011
Publication date	Jul 18, 2017
Grant date	Jul 18, 2017

Abstract

A method for mounting an aircraft engine on a pylon includes positioning at least a first shear pin either in a first opening provided in a front engine fastener which is previously attached to the engine using connecting rods, or in a first bore provided in a front surface of the pylon; prepositioning the assembly including the engine and the front engine fastener relative to the pylon by placing the first shear pin opposite a receiving cavity, the receiving cavity being either the first bore, if the first shear pin has been positioned in the first opening, or the first opening, if the first shear pin has been positioned in the first bore; and inserting the first shear pin into the receiving cavity.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A method for mounting an aircraft engine onto a pylon, comprising:
attaching a front engine fastener to the engine with connecting rod and ball/socket joint arrangements to form an engine/front fastener assembly;
first, positioning at least a first shear pin either:
into a first opening provided in the front engine fastener;
or into a first bore provided in a front face of the pylon;

then, pre-positioning, after said positioning at least the first shear pin, the engine/front fastener assembly, relative to the pylon, by placing the first shear pin and its corresponding either the first opening or the first bore, opposite a receiving cavity, said receiving cavity being:
either the first bore of the front face of the pylon, if the first shear pin has been positioned into the first opening of the front engine fastener; or
the first opening, if the first shear pin has been positioned into the first bore; and then, inserting the first shear pin into the receiving cavity.

2. The method for mounting an aircraft engine onto a pylon according to claim 1 , wherein the pre-positioning includes:
vertically hoisting the engine/front fastener assembly;
positioning an upper part of the front engine fastener and the front face of the pylon substantially in parallel.

3. The method for mounting an aircraft engine onto a pylon according to claim 2 , wherein the pre-positioning includes, between the hoisting and the positioning the upper part, shifting forwardly the engine/front fastener assembly.

4. The method for mounting an aircraft engine onto a pylon according to claim 2 , wherein the pre-positioning includes, before the hoisting, positioning at least one wedge at least at a ball/socket joint of at least one of the connecting rod and ball/socket joint arrangements, to keep the front engine fastener in position relative to the engine, at an angle suitable for the vertical hoisting continuously from the ground, until the first shear pin is located substantially at the same height as the receiving cavity.

5. The method for mounting an aircraft engine onto a pylon according to claim 4 , wherein the inserting includes removing the at least one wedge.

6. The method for mounting an aircraft engine onto a pylon according to claim 2 , wherein the positioning the upper part substantially parallel is performed by swinging the front engine fastener relative to the engine.

7. The method for mounting an aircraft engine onto a pylon according to claim 1 , further including screwing at least one screw through at least one hole provided to the front engine fastener, in a bore provided in the front face of the pylon.

8. The method for mounting an aircraft engine onto a pylon according to claim 1 , wherein the method implements a second shear pin.

9. A front engine fastener for implementing the method according to claim 8 , comprising two openings able to receive only the first shear pin and the second shear pin.

10. The method for mounting an aircraft engine onto a pylon according to claim 1 , wherein the first shear pin is divided into two.

Assignees

• Chouard Pierre-Alain Jean-Marie Philippe Hugues
• Besnard Maryline
• Snecma

Inventors

• Chouard Pierre-Alain Jean-Marie Philippe Hugues
• Besnard Maryline

Classifications

• F02C7/20 Primary

  Mounting or supporting of plant; Accommodating heat expansion or creep · CPC title

• 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

• B64D2027/266

  Operations & Transport · mapped topic

• B64D27/26

  Operations & Transport · mapped topic