Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Aircraft engine mounting system
- Patent Title (中): 飞机发动机安装系统
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Application No.: US14457287Application Date: 2014-08-12
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Publication No.: US09533768B2Publication Date: 2017-01-03
- Inventor: Sergey D. Barmichev , David W. Kirkbride , Mithra M. K. V. Sankrithi
- Applicant: The Boeing Company
- Applicant Address: US IL Chicago
- Assignee: The Boeing Company
- Current Assignee: The Boeing Company
- Current Assignee Address: US IL Chicago
- Agency: Miller, Matthias & Hull LLP
- Main IPC: B64D27/02
- IPC: B64D27/02 ; B64D29/02 ; B64D29/04 ; B64D27/26 ; B64D27/00

Abstract:
An aircraft includes an engine mounted to a wing by a first support, such as a strut, configured to secure the engine to the wing in a position above the wing. A second support, secured to a fuselage portion of the aircraft, is defined by a bridge structure configured to separately and independently secure the engine to the fuselage. The engine is thus secured by the first support directly to the aircraft wing, and via the second support, in concert with the first, to a portion of an aircraft fuselage spaced laterally of the engine-to-wing attachment. In one embodiment the bridge structure, which extends between the engine and fuselage, may be bowed upwardly so as to define a convex curvature when viewed along the longitudinal axis of the aircraft. Such a curvature may, inter alia, optimize aerodynamic spacing of the bridge from the wing to minimize undesirable shock waves.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160046381A1 Aircraft Engine Mounting System Public/Granted day:2016-02-18
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