IP Library Granted Patent US 8,876,018
Granted Patent B2
US 8,876,018 · App. 13/656,948 · Granted Nov 4, 2014

Arrangement of thrust reverser flap link rods on the internal fixed structure of a turbojet engine nacelle

Inventors: Guy Bernard Vauchel (Harfleur, FR); Peter Segat (Le Havre, FR)
Assignee: Aircelle
F02K1/62Y02T50/672F16C7/02F02K1/72B64D29/06F02K1/763B64D33/04
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Patent No.
US 8,876,018
App. No.
13/656,948
Granted
Nov 4, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

An arrangement is provided that includes a thrust reverser flap link rod on an internal fixed structure of a turbojet engine nacelle. The link rod is connected to the internal fixed structure by an elastic means that is a spring.

Claims (10)

1. An arrangement comprising a thrust reverser flap link rod on an internal fixed structure of a turbojet engine nacelle, the internal fixed structure defining, with a movable cowl, an annular passage through which an air flow passes, wherein said link rod is connected to the internal fixed structure by an elastic means comprising a spring and wherein said spring is fastened in a hollow area of said internal fixed structure, the hollow area formed through a surface of the internal fixed structure and provided with an opening for passage of said link rod.

2. The arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein said spring is U-shaped with two branches.

3. The arrangement according to claim 2 , wherein a concavity of said spring is oriented toward an upstream direction of said nacelle.

4. The arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein said spring is a torsion spring.

5. The arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein said link rod is connected to said spring by a connecting pin, and wherein shells with oblong openings receiving ends of said pin, are capable of retaining said pin in the event the spring breaks.

6. The arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein when the internal fixed structure is made from a composite sandwich material, the hollow area is formed in a monolithic part of that material.

7. The arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein said hollow area is bordered by a flange which itself is bordered by a thermally insulating cushion of a surface of the internal fixed structure.

8. The arrangement according to claim 7 , wherein a protective cover is attached on the flange.

9. The arrangement according to claim 1 , further comprising a stop limiting an uplift of the spring in a reverser mode.

10. An aircraft turbojet engine nacelle, comprising at least one arrangement according to claim 1 .

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Dec 9, 2016
From: AIRCELLE
To: SAFRAN NACELLES
Reel/Frame 040700/0466 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 12, 2013
From: VAUCHEL, GUY BERNARD; SEGAT, PETER
To: AIRCELLE
Reel/Frame 029972/0473 →
Priority Claims (1)
FR 10 52972 · Apr 20, 2010 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTFR2011050629 · Mar 24, 2011
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