Engine mounting structure for an aircraft
View Patent ↗An engine attachment pylon for an aircraft including an aft engine attachment fitted with an aft attachment body and a first shear pin capable of resisting forces applied along a transverse direction of the pylon. The first pin passes through a lower spar of a rigid structure of the pylon and includes a lower end housed in the aft attachment body. The lower end includes a reaming through which a first pin passes, that also passes through the aft attachment body.
1. An engine attachment pylon for an aircraft, the pylon of box type, comprising:
an assembly of an upper spar, a lower spar, two lateral panels, and transverse ribs connecting the spars and panels; and
an aft engine attachment fitted with an aft attachment body abutting the lower spar, and a first shear pin configured to resist forces applied along a direction transverse to the pylon, the first shear pin passing through the lower spar and including a lower end housed in the aft attachment body,
wherein the lower end includes a reaming through which a first pin passes, the first pin also passing through the aft attachment body, and
wherein the reaming is oriented transverse to a longitudinal axis of the first shear pin.
2. An attachment pylon according to claim 1 , wherein the aft engine attachment further comprises a second shear pin configured to resist forces applied along the transverse direction of the pylon, only if a failure occurs in the first shear pin, the second shear pin passing through the lower spar including a lower end housed in the aft attachment body, the lower end including a reaming through which a second pin passes, that also passes through the aft attachment body.
3. An attachment pylon according to claim 2 , wherein the aft engine attachment further comprises a first ancillary pin passing through the lower spar and including a lower end housed in the aft attachment body, the lower end including a reaming through which the first pin passes.
4. An attachment pylon according to claim 3 , wherein the aft engine attachment further comprises a second ancillary pin passing through the lower spar and including a lower end housed in the aft attachment body, the lower end including a reaming through which the second pin passes.
5. An attachment pylon according to claim 4 , wherein the first and second shear pins are oriented along a longitudinal direction of the pylon.
6. An attachment pylon according to claim 5 , wherein the first and second shear pins and the first and second ancillary pins each have an upper end passing through a same transverse rib of the pylon.
7. An attachment pylon according to claim 1 , wherein the aft attachment also includes two lateral brackets each including a longitudinal portion in contact with an inner face of the lateral panel associated with it and mounted fixed on the same inner face, and a transverse portion including an attachment interface in the aft attachment body, the transverse portion configured to pass through a recess formed on the associated lateral panel.
8. An attachment pylon according to claim 7 , wherein the lower spar includes a narrowing composed of two indents in which the two lateral brackets of the aft engine attachment are housed.
9. An attachment pylon according to claim 1 , wherein the aft attachment is configured to define two half-attachments each configured to resist forces applied along the vertical direction of the pylon.
10. An aircraft comprising at least one attachment pylon according to claim 1 .