IP Library Granted Patent US 8,672,261
Granted Patent B2
US 8,672,261 · App. 12/909,148 · Granted Mar 18, 2014

Engine mount of aircraft and aircraft

Inventor: Akira Takeuchi (Nagoya, JP)
Assignee: Mitsubishi Aircraft Corporation
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Patent No.
US 8,672,261
App. No.
12/909,148
Granted
Mar 18, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

An engine mount of an aircraft and an aircraft are provided, which can reduce a size of an engine mount and can effectively use a space in an engine nacelle even in an engine with a high bypass ratio. An engine core section 20 b at a rear of an engine 20 is supported by a rear engine mount 40 comprising an engine side mount member 41 fixed to a side of the engine 20 and a strut side mount member 42 fixed to a side of a pylon strut 11 . The rear engine mount 40 is divided into the engine side mount member 41 and the strut side mount member 42 , and thereby, even in the engine 20 with a high bypass ratio in which an outside diameter of the fan section 20 a and the outside diameter of the engine core section 20 b significantly differ, the lengths in the vertical direction of the engine side mount member 41 and the strut side mount member 42 are suppressed.

Claims (38)

1. An engine mount of an aircraft for suspending an engine of the aircraft at a pylon strut fixed to a wing of said aircraft, comprising:

a front engine mount which connects a fan section to said pylon strut, said fan section being provided at a front of said engine; and

a rear engine mount which connects an engine core section to said pylon strut, said engine core section being provided at a rear of said engine and said engine core section having an outside diameter smaller than that of said fan section,

wherein at least said rear engine mount is configured by connecting an engine side mount member provided at a side of said engine core section to a pylon side mount member provided at a side of said pylon strut,

wherein said pylon side mount member comprises:

a pair of plate-shaped main mount members provided to sandwich said pylon strut therebetween, and

a reinforcing mount member which is sandwiched between said pair of main mount members, and reinforces support strength of said main mount member in a direction to connect said pair of main mount members.

2. An engine mount of an aircraft for suspending an engine of the aircraft at a pylon strut fixed to a wing of said aircraft, comprising:

a front engine mount which connects a fan section to said pylon strut, said fan section being provided at a front of said engine; and

a rear engine mount which connects an engine core section to said pylon strut, said engine core section being provided at a rear of said engine and said engine core section having an outside diameter smaller than that of said fan section,

wherein at least said rear engine mount is configured by connecting an engine side mount member provided at a side of said engine core section to a pylon side mount member provided at a side of said pylon strut,

wherein said pylon side mount member comprises:

a pair of plate-shaped main mount members provided to sandwich said pylon strut therebetween, and

a reinforcing mount member which is sandwiched between said pair of main mount members, and reinforces support strength of said main mount member in a direction to connect said pair of main mount members; and

a reinforcing rod with one end connected to an upper end portion of said engine side mount member and the other end connected to a vicinity of a boundary portion of said engine core section and said fan section.

3. An aircraft, wherein an engine is supported at a wing by the engine mount according to claim 1 .

4. An aircraft, wherein an engine is supported at a wing by the engine mount according to claim 2 .

5. An engine mount of an aircraft for suspending an engine of the aircraft at a pylon strut fixed to a wing of said aircraft, comprising:

a front engine mount which connects a fan section to said pylon strut, said fan section being provided at a front of said engine; and

a rear engine mount which connects an engine core section to said pylon strut, said engine core section being provided at a rear of said engine and said engine core section having an outside diameter smaller than that of said fan section,

wherein at least said rear engine mount is configured by connecting an engine side mount member provided at a side of said engine core section to a pylon side mount member provided at a side of said pylon strut,

wherein said pylon side mount member has a block shape, and is fixed to an undersurface of said pylon strut,

wherein the engine of the aircraft is a turbofan type engine.

6. The engine mount according to claim 5 , wherein said pylon side mount member comprises integrally formed webs and flanges.

7. The engine mount according to claim 5 , wherein said pylon side mount member defines hollow portions.

8. An engine mount of an aircraft for suspending an engine of the aircraft at a pylon strut fixed to a wing of said aircraft, comprising:

a front engine mount which connects a fan section to said pylon strut, said fan section being provided at a front of said engine;

a rear engine mount which connects an engine core section to said pylon strut, said engine core section being provided at a rear of said engine and said engine core section having an outside diameter smaller than that of said fan section,

wherein at least said rear engine mount is configured by connecting an engine side mount member provided at a side of said engine core section to a pylon side mount member provided at a side of said pylon strut,

wherein said pylon side mount member has a block shape, and is fixed to an undersurface of said pylon strut; and

a reinforcing rod with one end connected to an upper end portion of said engine side mount member and the other end connected to a vicinity of a boundary portion of said engine core section and said fan section.

9. An aircraft, wherein an engine is supported at a wing by the engine mount according to claim 5 .

10. The engine mount according to claim 5 , wherein the engine side mount member is located below the pylon side mount member.

11. The engine mount according to claim 5 , further comprising a reinforcing rod reinforcing support for the engine.

12. The engine mount according to claim 5 , wherein one end of the reinforcing rod is connected to the rear engine mount.

13. The engine mount according to claim 5 , wherein one end of the reinforcing rod is connected to the rear engine mount side and other end of the reinforcing rod is connected to the engine side.

14. The engine mount according to claim 5 , wherein the reinforcing rod is provided between the fan section and the rear engine mount.

15. The engine mount according to claim 12 , wherein the one end of the reinforcing rod is provided on the engine side mount member of the rear engine mount.

Assignments (4)
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded May 22, 2024
From: MSJ ASSET MANAGEMENT COMPANY
To: MSJ ASSET MANAGEMENT COMPANY
Reel/Frame 067488/0058 →
NUNC PRO TUNC ASSIGNMENT Recorded May 22, 2024
From: MSJ ASSET MANAGEMENT COMPANY
To: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
Reel/Frame 067488/0099 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded May 22, 2024
From: MITSUBISHI AIRCRAFT CORPORATION
To: MSJ ASSET MANAGEMENT COMPANY
Reel/Frame 067489/0244 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 6, 2010
From: TAKEUCHI, AKIRA
To: MITSUBISHI AIRCRAFT CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 025451/0841 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2009-273593 · Dec 1, 2009 · national
Continuity (1)
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