Aircraft engine mount with single thrust link

A mount for mounting an aircraft engine having an engine casing to an aircraft, said mount comprising:

• a mounting frame having first and second flanges spaced apart a predetermined distance, each of said first and second flanges having a bolt hole formed therein;
• a single thrust link connected at one end to said mounting frame and at another end to said engine, said single thrust link serving as a primary axial loadpath;
• a lug formed on said engine casing, said lug being disposed between said first and second flanges and having a thickness that is less than said distance between said first and second flanges, said lug having a bolt hole formed therein;
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• a bolt extending through said bolt holes in said first and second flanges and said lug to connect said lug to said first and second flanges, wherein said bolt hole in said lug is larger in diameter than said bolt to allow said lug to slide axially along said bolt, wherein said first and second flanges, said lug and said bolt provide a waiting failsafe arrangement for reacting axial loads upon failure of said single thrust link.

A mount for mounting an aircraft engine having an engine casing to an aircraft, said mount comprising:

• a mounting frame fixedly joined to said aircraft;
• said mounting frame having first and second flanges spaced apart a predetermined distance and a forward extending flange, each of said first and second flanges having a bolt hole formed therein;
• first and second links, each link being joined at one end to said mounting frame and at another end to said engine casing;
• a single thrust link connected at one end to said forward extending flange and at another end to said engine, said single thrust link serving as a primary axial loadpath;
• a lug formed on said engine casing, said lug being disposed between said first and second flanges and having a thickness that is less than said distance between said first and second flanges, said lug having a bolt hole formed therein;
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• a bolt extending through said bolt holes in said first and second flanges and said lug to connect said lug to said first and second flanges, wherein said bolt hole in said lug is larger in diameter than said bolt to allow said lug to slide axially along said bolt, wherein said first and second flanges, said lug and said bolt provide a waiting failsafe arrangement for reacting axial loads upon failure of said single thrust link.