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US 2014/0151497 A1Published application
Engine pylon for an aircraft
AssigneeGE Aviation Systems LLC
InventorsThomas Joseph Weir, Allen Madsen Woolley, Carol Marie Janzon
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Abstract
An engine pylon for attaching an engine to an aircraft, where the engine pylon includes a monolithic support structure having a body that includes multiple spaced bulkheads, multiple longerons connecting the bulkheads to define multiple bays and skins provided on the frame to at least partially enclose at least one of the multiple bays.
Claims16
An engine pylon for an aircraft comprising:
- a box-beam having multiple spaced bulkheads, multiple longerons connecting the bulkheads to define a frame with multiple bays, and skins provided on the frame to at least partially enclose at least one of the multiple bays, wherein at least a subset of the spaced bulkheads, multiple longerons, and skins are a monolithic structure.
An engine pylon for attaching an engine to an aircraft, the engine pylon comprising:
- a monolithic support structure having a body, comprising:
- an upper face and a lower face spaced by a first sidewall and a second sidewall;
- multiple bays with each bay having an inlet adjacent at least one of the upper face, lower face, first sidewall, and second sidewall;
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- skin on at least two of the upper face, lower face, first sidewall, and second sidewall.
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