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US 11,111,026 B2Granted
Articulated mounts
AssigneeSikorsky Aircraft Corporation
InventorsJon McBride, Scott A. Chasen
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Abstract
A method for securing an engine using an adjustable mounting assembly is provided including adjusting an extendible element of the adjustable mounted assembly from a first position to a second position. Another extendible element of the adjustable mounting assembly is adjusted from a third position to a fourth position. The engine is mounted using the adjustable mounted assembly with the extendible element in the second position and another extendible element in the fourth position.
Claims8
A method for securing an engine to an aircraft, the method comprising:
- adjusting a rotatable element of a first adjustable mounting assembly from a first position to a second position, the first adjustable mounting assembly being affixed to an airframe of the aircraft;
- adjusting a tie-rod of an extendible element of a second adjustable mounting assembly from a third position to a fourth position, the second adjustable mounting assembly being affixed to the airframe of the aircraft;
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- mounting the engine to the aircraft using the first and second adjustable mounting assemblies with the rotatable element in the second position and the extendible element in the fourth position.
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