Method for fixing an engine strut to an airplane wing
View Patent ↗The inventive fixing system comprises a front attachment ( 6 ), a rear attachment ( 7 ) and an intermediate attachment ( 8 ) connecting a strut ( 1 ) to a wing ( 2 ), wherein the lower fitting ( 17 ) of the rear attachment ( 7 ) is fixedly connected to the transversal rear face ( 1 G) of said strut on the extension thereof and said lower fitting ( 17 ) is substantially in flush with the top face of the strut.
1. A system for fixing an airplane engine strut to a corresponding wing of a wing structure of said airplane, comprising:
a front attachment, a rear attachment and an intermediate attachment which connect said strut to said wing and are arranged substantially along the pitch, roll and yaw axes, respectively, of said airplane, said rear attachment being a single attachment and comprising a lower fitting secured to said strut, an upper fitting secured to said wing and at least one link which, by way of parallel joint pins, connects said lower and upper fittings, wherein said lower fitting of said rear attachment has a size substantially similar to a rear transverse face of said strut, has the shape of an open-top clevis, and is arranged fixedly attached on the rear transverse face, in continuation of said strut, wherein the top of said lower fitting is substantially flush with an upper face of said strut.
2. The system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein said lower fitting of the rear attachment is a one-piece component fixed to said rear transverse face of the strut and intended to receive said at least one link by way of said joint pins parallel to the roll axis of said airplane.
3. The system as claimed in claim 2 , wherein said lower fitting defines said rear face of said strut.
4. The system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein said upper fitting of the rear attachment is a U-shaped one-piece component whose base is secured to the underside of said wing.
5. The system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein said rear attachment comprises two identical links which are superposed one against the other and connect said lower and upper fittings by way of said joint pins.
6. The system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein said link has the shape of an at least isosceles triangular plate whose base is articulated on the lower fitting about two parallel pins, whereas the vertex opposite said base is articulated on the upper fitting about a single pin parallel to the other two pins.
7. The system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein said link has the shape of an at least isosceles triangular plate whose base is articulated on the upper fitting about two parallel pins, whereas the vertex opposite said base is articulated on the lower fitting about a single pin parallel to the other two pins.
8. The system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein each of said joint pins of said rear attachment is double and comprises a hollow outer pin inside which is concentrically arranged an inner pin, the two pins of each joint pin connecting the link to the corresponding fitting.
9. The system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein, on either side of said upper fitting, there are provided reinforcing brackets superposed on said fitting.