IP Library Granted Patent US 8,006,931
Granted Patent B2
US 8,006,931 · App. 12/282,519 · Granted Aug 30, 2011

Aircraft wing arrangement comprising an engine attachment pylon defining, in the forward region, a lateral airflow channel

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Patent No.
US 8,006,931
App. No.
12/282,519
Granted
Aug 30, 2011
Kind
B2
Abstract

An aircraft wing arrangement including a wing and at least one strut for attaching the aircraft engine suspended under the wing and including a front zone situated projecting towards the front with respect to a leading edge of the wing. The front zone includes a lateral projection delimiting a lateral air flow channel while being projected towards a proximal end of the wing.

Claims (10)

1. An aircraft wing arrangement comprising:

a wing comprising a distal end, a proximal end, at least one strut for attaching the aircraft engine suspended under the wing, and a front zone situated projecting towards the front with respect to a leading edge of the wing,

wherein the front zone of the attachment strut comprises a lateral projection delimiting a lateral air flow channel while being projected towards the proximal end of the wing, and

wherein the lateral projection includes a rear end surface in contact with the leading edge of the wing on a front end, the lateral projection being projected towards the proximal end of the wing over a projection length increasing going from its front end to its rear end.

2. A wing arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the lateral projection includes, from its front end to its rear end, a free lateral edge rounded in shape.

3. A wing arrangement according to claim 1 wherein the attachment strut includes a first lateral flank oriented towards the proximal end of the wing, the first lateral flank including a concave-shaped portion participating at least partially in definition of the lateral projection.

4. A wing arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the lateral projection is provided at a top part of the front zone of the attachment strut, so as to direct air flowing in the lateral air flow channel under the wing.

5. A wing arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein, in plan view, the lateral projection is present over at least 60% of the length of the front zone of the attachment strut, considered along a longitudinal axis of the strut passing through a front end point thereof.

6. A wing arrangement according to claim 1 , comprising two aircraft engine attachment struts, each of the struts including the lateral projection on its front zone.

7. An aircraft, comprising at least one wing arrangement according to claim 1 .

Assignments (2)
MERGER Recorded May 18, 2011
From: AIRBUS FRANCE
To: AIRBUS OPERATIONS SAS
Reel/Frame 026298/0269 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 17, 2008
From: DANTIN, STEPHANIE; FOL, THIERRY; GERARD, LUDOVIC; JIMENEZ, PHILIPPE
To: AIRBUS FRANCE
Reel/Frame 021539/0800 →