Assembly for an aircraft comprising an attachment pylon primary structure formed with three independent elements

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9868543-B2
Application number	US-201514693545-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 22, 2015
Priority date	Apr 23, 2014
Publication date	Jan 16, 2018
Grant date	Jan 16, 2018

Abstract

In order to optimize the bulkiness of a primary structure of an aircraft engine attachment pylon and thus make it easier to install under the wing and as close as possible to the pressure face thereof, the disclosure herein provides an assembly in which the engine comprises a rear part arranged under a wing element equipped with a wing box, the primary structure being made up of the following independent elements: a first and a second side beam arranged one on each side of a vertical mid-plane of the engine; and an intermediate structure through which the vertical mid-plane of the engine passes and which is situated some distance from each of the first and second side beams.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An assembly for an aircraft comprising a wing element, a bypass engine and an engine attachment pylon, the engine comprising a rear part arranged under the wing element equipped with a wing box, the pylon comprising a primary structure for transmitting loads from the engine to the wing box, and the assembly further comprising attachment structure for attaching the primary structure to the engine and attachment structure for attaching the primary structure to the wing box,
wherein the primary structure is made up of the following unconnected elements:
a first and a second side beam arranged one on each side of a vertical mid-plane of the engine; and
an intermediate structure through which the vertical mid-plane of the engine passes and which is situated some distance from each of the first and second side beams,
wherein the unconnected elements each provide independent load paths between the engine and the wing element.

2. The assembly for an aircraft according to claim 1 , wherein the attachment structure for attaching the primary structure to the engine comprises:
one or more first engine mounts connecting a front end of the first beam to a fan casing of the engine;
one or more second engine mounts connecting a front end of the second beam to the fan casing; and
one or more third engine mounts connecting the intermediate structure to a central casing of the engine,
and wherein the attachment structure for attaching the primary structure to the wing box comprises:
one or more first wing mounts connecting a rear end of the first beam to the wing box;
one or more second wing mounts connecting a rear end of the second beam to the wing box; and
one or more third wing mounts connecting the intermediate structure to the wing box.

3. The assembly for an aircraft according to claim 2 , wherein:
the first wing mount or mounts constitute an independent load-reacting statically determinate system;
the second wing mount or mounts constitute a load-reacting independent statically determinate system;
the third wing mount or mounts constitute a load-reacting independent statically determinate system; and
the first engine mount or mounts, the second engine mount or mounts and the third engine mount or mounts together constitute a load-reacting statically determinate system.

4. The assembly for an aircraft according to claim 1 , wherein the first and second side beams are arranged substantially symmetrically with respect to the vertical mid-plane, having, passing through them, a plane substantially perpendicular to this same vertical mid-plane and passing diametrically through the engine, the first and second side beams being substantially aligned with an external surface of the fan casing in the longitudinal direction of the engine.

5. The assembly for an aircraft according to claim 1 , wherein the intermediate structure has a length, in the longitudinal direction of the engine, between three and ten times smaller than that of each of the first and second side beams.

6. The assembly for an aircraft according to claim 1 , wherein the intermediate structure takes the form of a fitting, preferably in the overall shape of a pyramid.

7. The assembly for an aircraft according to claim 2 , wherein the third engine mount or mounts are connected to a turbine casing of the engine.

8. The assembly for an aircraft according to claim 1 , wherein the first and second side beams run substantially parallel to a longitudinal axis of the engine.

9. The assembly for an aircraft according to claim 1 , wherein the wing element comprises at least one mobile leading-edge flap arranged at least in part between the intermediate structure and one of the first and second side beams.

10. An aircraft comprising at least one assembly according to claim 1 .

Assignees

• Airbus Operations Sas

Inventors

• Pautis Olivier
• Blanc Jonathan

Classifications

• B64D29/02 Primary

  associated with wings · CPC title

• B64D27/26

  Operations & Transport · mapped topic

• B64D2027/268

  Operations & Transport · mapped topic

• B64D27/40 Primary

  Arrangements for mounting power plants in aircraft · CPC title

• B64D27/406

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