Aircraft engine unit
View Patent ↗The invention relates to an engine assembly for an aircraft comprising a turbojet, a engine mount pylon, and a plurality of engine mounts inserted between the engine mount pylon and the turbojet. According to the invention, the plurality of engine mounts comprises a engine mount ( 6 a ) designed so as to uniquely resist forces applied along a direction (Y) transverse to the turbojet, this engine mount ( 6 a ) comprising an intermediate fitting ( 46 ) assembled onto a first fitting ( 40 ) fixed to the pylon through two swivel axes ( 48 ) oriented parallel along a vertical direction (Z), and a pin ( 56 ) oriented along a longitudinal direction (X) and fixed to the intermediate fitting, the pin being installed on a second fitting ( 58 ) fixed to the turbojet, with clearance along the longitudinal direction (X).
1. An engine assembly for an aircraft comprising:
a turbojet defining an X direction along a longitudinal axis of the turbojet, a Y direction along a transverse axis of the turbojet, and a Z direction along a vertical axis of the turbojet, the X, Y, and Z directions being orthogonal to each other;
an engine mount pylon; and
a plurality of engine mounts inserted between the engine mount pylon and the turbojet,
wherein the plurality of engine mounts comprises a first engine mount, said first engine mount comprising:
a first fitting fixed to the engine mount pylon,
a second fitting fixed to the turbojet,
an intermediate fitting between said first and second fittings, said intermediate fitting being V-shaped with two branches extending in an X-Y plane,
wherein said intermediary fitting is assembled onto the first fitting through two swivel pins oriented parallel to each other and along the Z direction of the turbojet, each swivel pin passing through said first fitting and through one of said branches of said intermediary fitting, and each swivel pin defining a ball joint received in an opening of a corresponding branch of said intermediary fitting,
a pin oriented along the X direction and fixed to the intermediate fitting, the pin being installed on the second fitting with clearance along the X direction so that said pin slides relative to said second fitting over said clearance along the X direction.
2. An assembly for an aircraft according to claim 1 , wherein the first engine mount is fixed to a front part of a rigid structure of the engine mount pylon, and to a peripheral annular part of a fan case of the turbojet.
3. An assembly for an aircraft according to claim 1 , wherein an X-Z plane including the longitudinal axis of the turbojet forms a plane of symmetry for the first engine mount.
4. An assembly for an aircraft according to claim 1 , wherein the plurality of engine mounts further comprise an aft engine mount.
5. An aircraft comprising at least one engine assembly according to claim 1 .
6. An assembly for an aircraft according to claim 1 , wherein an assembly of said intermediary fitting and said pin forms a Y-shaped assembly extending in said X-Y plane, a lower branch of said Y-shaped assembly being connected to said second fitting.
7. An assembly for an aircraft according to claim 1 , wherein the first engine mount forms a first front engine mount, and the plurality of engine mounts further comprise a second front engine mount, the first and second front engine mounts arranged offset from each other in the Z direction of the turbojet.
8. An assembly for an aircraft according to claim 7 , wherein the second front engine mount is fixed to a center case of the turbojet.
9. An assembly for an aircraft according to claim 1 , wherein the plurality of engine mounts further comprise a second engine mount and a third engine mount.
10. An assembly for an aircraft according to claim 9 , wherein the first engine mount is fixed to a first front part of a rigid structure of the engine mount pylon, and to a peripheral annular part of a fan case of the turbojet,
wherein the second engine mount is fixed to second front part of the rigid structure of the engine mount pylon, and to a center case of the turbojet, and
wherein the third engine mount is fixed to a third part of the rigid structure of the engine mount pylon, and to an aft part of the center case of the turbojet.