Turbojet engine comprising a connector arm for ancillary systems, and the connector arm for ancillary systems
View Patent ↗A turbofan jet engine includes an outer fan duct, an inner fan duct, fluid-conveying ancillaries located outside the outer fan duct, fluid-conveying ancillaries located inside the inner fan duct. At least one removable modular arm forming a connection for ancillaries is arranged between the outer fan duct and the inner fan duct. The removable arm provides a connection of ancillaries outside the outer fan duct to ancillaries inside the inner fan duct.
1. A turbofan jet engine, comprising:
an outer fan duct,
an inner fan duct arranged inside said outer fan duct,
a core that includes a compressor and a combustion chamber, said core being arranged inside said inner fan duct, wherein said inner fan duct and said outer fan duct are arranged so as to contain and guide, during operation of said engine, a secondary air stream flowing outside said core between said inner and outer fan ducts,
fluid-conveying ancillaries positioned outside the outer fan duct,
fluid-conveying ancillaries positioned inside the inner fan duct, and
a modular arm arranged inside said outer fan duct and between said outer fan duct and said inner fan duct so as to extend across said secondary air stream flowing between the inner and outer fan ducts during operation of the engine, wherein said modular arm provides a connection between said fluid-conveying ancillaries positioned outside the outer fan duct and said fluid-conveying ancillaries positioned inside the inner fan duct,
wherein, the inner fan duct comprising panels and panel supporting longitudinal plates, at least one panel supporting longitudinal plate comprises a bedplate to receive said modular arm.
2. A turbofan jet engine as in claim 1 , wherein the outer fan duct comprises at least one orifice for passing said modular arm.
3. A turbofan jet engine as in claim 1 , wherein said modular arm comprises tubing elements provided with external connection means to ancillaries, and is configured to be inserted in channels opening onto an outer surface of the bedplate.
4. A turbofan jet engine as in claim 3 , wherein the channels also open onto at least one different surface of the bedplate and comprise connection means to ancillaries.
5. A turbofan jet engine as in claim 3 , wherein the outer surface of the bedplate comprises a hollow, for receiving the modular arm, in which the channels are pierced.
6. A turbofan jet engine as in claim 1 , wherein said modular arm includes a plurality of tubular elements that are substantially parallel to each other over a distance separating the inner fan duct to the outer fan duct.
7. A turbofan jet engine as in claim 1 , wherein said modular arm includes a plurality of tubular elements that extend substantially straight and radially over a distance separating the inner fan duct to the outer fan duct.