IP Library Granted Patent US 8,985,506
Granted Patent B2
US 8,985,506 · App. 12/864,901 · Granted Mar 24, 2015

Air intake for aircraft nacelle, and propulsion assembly including such air intake

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Patent No.
US 8,985,506
App. No.
12/864,901
Granted
Mar 24, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

The invention relates to an air intake for an aircraft nacelle that includes a shroud that can be mounted on the fan casing of a turbojet engine. The shroud is sized so as to define a circumferential gap relative to the casing. Punctual linking means between the shroud and the casing are discretely distributed at the periphery of the shroud.

Claims (10)

1. An air intake for aircraft nacelle comprising a shroud being mounted on a fan casing of a turbojet engine, said shroud being dimensioned to define a circumferential gap relative to said casing, the shroud comprising discrete support beams distributed equidistantly around a circumference of the shroud, the support beams directly connecting said shroud to said casing without any intermediate connection part between said shroud and said casing, wherein the air intake does not include any structural member to connect said shroud to said casing circumferentially between the support beams, thereby allowing for radial movements of the shroud relative to the casing between the support beams.

2. The air intake according to claim 1 , further comprises lugs mounted articulated on said support beams and being fastened on said casing.

3. The air intake according to claim 2 , in which said lugs are adapted to be mounted on a flange integrated to said fan casing.

4. The assembly according to claim 3 , in which the upstream edge of said casing includes a flange on which said lugs are fastened.

5. The air intake according to claim 2 , in which said lugs are adapted to be mounted directly on an outer face of said casing.

6. The air intake according to claim 1 , wherein said shroud is an acoustic shroud.

7. The air intake according to claim 1 , in which said shroud is adapted to extend in part under an upstream edge of said casing.

8. The assembly according claim 1 , in which an inner face of said casing includes a step defining the gap between said shroud and said casing.

9. The assembly according to claim 8 , in which said step has a ramp.

10. A propulsion assembly for aircraft comprising an assembly according to claim 1 .

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Dec 9, 2016
From: AIRCELLE
To: SAFRAN NACELLES
Reel/Frame 040703/0171 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 28, 2010
From: VAUCHEL, GUY BERNARD; VALLEROY, LAURENT GEORGES; BEILLIARD, STEPHANE; BRAVIN, FABIEN
To: AIRCELLE
Reel/Frame 024751/0469 →