Assembly for an aircraft including a fitting secured to the upper surface of a wing box, for mounting an engine strut to said wing box
AssigneeAirbus Operations GmbH
InventorOlivier PAUTIS
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Abstract
In order to bring a turbofan engine closer to the lower surface of a wing box, the disclosure herein foresees an assembly for an aircraft including a mount for mounting a rigid structure of an engine strut to the wing box, the mount including an upper wing mount including a fitting secured to the upper surface of the wing box.
Claims14
An assembly for an aircraft including a wing element, a turbofan engine and an engine strut, the engine including a rear portion arranged below the wing element, the wing element having a wing box formed by a front spar and an upper surface of the wing element, the assembly further including a mount for mounting a rigid structure of the engine strut to the wing box,
- the mount comprising an upper wing mount comprising a fitting secured to the upper surface of the wing box, and the rigid structure of the engine strut comprising a rear end at least partially embedded in a leading edge of the wing element, the rear end being located forward of the front wing box spar.
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