Device for recovery of forces generated by an aircraft engine
AssigneeAirbus France
InventorsStéphane Levert, Sébastien Roszak
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Abstract
A device for recovering forces generated by an aircraft engine has an engine strut (10), capable of being fixed to a wing or a fuselage of an aircraft, and an attachment device (12) fixed to the engine strut (10) and on which the engine is mounted. An intermediate fitting (24) of large dimensions, capable of recovering exceptionally high forces is fixed to several strut fittings (30) independent from each other, for example by bolts (28), across a lower spar (14) of the engine strut (10).
Claims5
Device for recovering forces generated by an aircraft engine, comprising:
- an engine strut able to be fixed to a structure of the aircraft;
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- at least one attachment device fixed to the engine strut and capable of supporting the engine,
- wherein the attachment device comprises an intermediate fitting fixed to the engine strut by first fixation means, in which the engine strut comprises, facing the attachment device, several strut fittings independent from each other, the intermediate fitting being fixed to each of the strut fittings by the first fixation means.
Device for recovering forces generated by an aircraft engine, comprising an engine strut able to be fixed to a structure of the aircraft and at least one attachment device fixed to the engine strut and capable of supporting the engine, the attachment device comprising an intermediate fitting fixed to the engine strut by first fixation means, in which the engine strut comprises, facing the attachment device, several strut fittings independent from each other, the intermediate fitting being fixed to each of the strut fittings by the first fixation means said engine strut furthermore comprises a lower spar, the first fixation means comprising bolts connected the intermediate fitting to the strut fittings through the lower spar.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.