IP Library Granted Patent US 9,488,106
Granted Patent B2
US 9,488,106 · App. 14/241,246 · Granted Nov 8, 2016

Assembly formed by a turbine engine and a system for attaching it to an aircraft structure

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Patent No.
US 9,488,106
App. No.
14/241,246
Granted
Nov 8, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

In an assembly including a bypass turbine engine and an attachment system attaching the turbine engine to an aircraft structure, the attachment system includes a mast, at least two rear attachments connecting the mast to two rear attachment points of the turbine engine, and a rear covering covering the rear attachments and providing a streamlined fairing. The rear covering includes two side walls, each including a first portion extending along and in proximity of the mast and extending rearwards, and a second portion projecting sideways relative to the first portion towards its outside, to cover the rear attachments. Each second portion is substantially a bulge and is connected to the first portion along a curved connection line extending between front and rear points situated substantially level with an inner longitudinal edge of the first portion to minimize the impact on a flow of bypass stream leaving the bypass passage.

Claims (9)

1. An assembly comprising a turbine engine and an attachment system for attaching the turbine engine to an aircraft structure;

wherein the turbine engine is a bypass engine including an annular passage in which a core stream flows that opens out to a rear around a central body and an annular passage along which a bypass stream flows that opens out to a rear between a primary cover and a rear end of a secondary cover, and

wherein the attachment system includes a mast, at least two rear attachments connecting the mast to two rear attachment points of the turbine engine, and a rear covering of the mast covering the rear attachments, providing a streamlined fairing and having a rear portion that extends rearwards beyond an opening of the core stream flow passage, a distance between the rear attachment points being substantially greater than a width of the mast level with the rear attachments;

wherein the rear covering includes two side walls each including a first portion extending along and in proximity of the mast and extended rearwards, and a second portion that projects sideways relative to the first wall portion on an outside thereof to cover the rear attachments; and

wherein the second portions of the side wall of the rear covering are substantially in a form of bulges and connect to the first portions of the side wall along curved connection lines extending between front points and rear points situated substantially level with inner longitudinal edges of the first side wall portions.

2. An assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the second side wall portions of the rear covering are connected to the first side wall portions along curved connection lines extending rearwards as far as rear points situated at or in proximity of an outer edge of the opening of the annular flow passage for the core stream.

3. An assembly according to claim 2 , wherein the second side wall portions of the rear covering have curved profiles of generally concave shape to locally favor a flow of the bypass stream towards an inside and under a rear portion of the rear covering.

4. An assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the second side wall portions of the rear covering are connected to the first side wall portions along connection lines from front points situated in proximity of the primary cover substantially facing a rear edge of the secondary cover.

5. An assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the second side wall portions of the rear covering occupy less than 2% of an ejection of the annular passage for the bypass stream.

Assignments (3)
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE COVER SHEET TO REMOVE APPLICATION NOS. 10250419, 10786507, 10786409, 12416418, 12531115, 12996294, 12094637 12416422 PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON REEL 046479 FRAME 0807. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE CHANGE OF NAME. Recorded Aug 24, 2018
From: SNECMA
To: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
Reel/Frame 046939/0336 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded May 23, 2018
From: SNECMA
To: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
Reel/Frame 046479/0807 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 26, 2014
From: GAILLOT, MATHIEU; BERTUCCHI, JEAN; LEYKO, MATTHIEU
To: SNECMA
Reel/Frame 032303/0591 →