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US 7,740,200 B2Granted
Aircraft engine assembly
AssigneeAirbus France
InventorsLionel Diochon, Jerome Durand
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Abstract
An engine assembly for aircraft including a turbojet, an attachment strut, and a plurality of engine mounts interposed between the attachment strut and the turbojet. Each of the engine mounts is attached to a fan casing of the turbojet.
Claims16
An engine assembly for aircraft comprising:
- a turbojet including a fan casing;
- an attachment strut, the attachment strut includes a rigid structure which includes a plurality of cradles arranged in a manner so as to define a portion of a substantially cylindrical surface with a circular cross section;
- and
- a plurality of engine mounts interposed between the attachment strut and the turbojet,
- wherein attachment of the turbojet on the strut is made with the plurality of engine mounts,
- wherein each of the engine mounts is directly attached to a peripheral annular part of the fan casing of the turbojet,
- wherein the plurality of cradles includes at least one annular portion shaped cradle substantially centered on a longitudinal axis of the cylindrical surface, the longitudinal axis being parallel to a longitudinal direction of the turbojet, and
- wherein each of the engine mounts is attached to a forward-most annular portion shaped cradle.
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