Engine mount for an aircraft, to be placed between an engine and an engine mounting structure
AssigneeAirbus Operations GmbH
InventorsVirginie Audart-Noel, Pascal Gardes
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Abstract
An aircraft engine attachment configured to be inserted between an engine and an EMS, the attachment including a plate assembly connected to a first fixing device including an end fitting with two arms and a pin passing through the plate assembly and the two arms, in each of which an orifice is formed including a first ring and a second ring respectively holding the pin. The first ring includes a bottom acting as a stop for a first end of the pin, and the first attachment device includes a mechanism to stop the pin in translation cooperating with a second end of the pin.
Claims15
An aircraft engine attachment configured to be inserted between an engine and an engine mounting structure (EMS) for the engine, the attachment comprising:
- a plate assembly connected to a first fixing device including an end fitting with two arms and a pin passing through the plate assembly and the two arms, each of the arms having an orifice including a first ring and a second ring respectively holding the pin,
- wherein a bottom of the first ring acts as a stop for a first end of the pin,
- wherein the first fixing device includes means for stopping the pin in translation cooperating with a second end of the pin,
- wherein the pin translation stop means stops the translation of the pin by pushing the pin against said bottom of the first ring, and
- wherein the pin and the first ring are disposed entirely within outer surfaces of the two arms of the aircraft engine attachment.
An engine attachment configured to be inserted between an engine and an engine mounting structure (EMS) for the engine, the attachment comprising:
- a plate assembly connected to a first fixing device including an end fitting with two arms and a pin passing through the plate assembly and the two arms, each of the arms having an orifice including a first ring and a second ring respectively holding the pin,
- wherein the first ring includes a bottom acting as a stop for a first end of the pin, and wherein the first fixing device includes means for stopping the pin in translation, cooperating with a second end of the pin, and
- wherein the pin translation stop means includes a nut and a locking nut screwed onto the second ring of the engine attachment.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.