Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Engine mount assemblies for aircraft
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Application No.: US15409971Application Date: 2017-01-19
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Publication No.: US10384790B2Publication Date: 2019-08-20
- Inventor: Tyler Wayne Baldwin , John Elton Brunken, Jr. , Matthew Carl VanBuskirk , Bart Marcus Shafer , Bruce Bennett Bacon
- Applicant: Bell Helicopter Textron Inc.
- Applicant Address: US TX Fort Worth
- Assignee: Bell Textron Inc.
- Current Assignee: Bell Textron Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Fort Worth
- Agency: Lawrence Youst PLLC
- Main IPC: B64D27/26
- IPC: B64D27/26 ; B64C29/00 ; B64D27/12 ; B64C27/28

Abstract:
An engine mount assembly for coupling an engine to an airframe includes a torsion bar, a lateral movement control assembly and a vertical movement control assembly. The torsion bar has a torsional stiffness and is coupled between the engine and the airframe such that torsional movement of the engine causes torsion in the torsion bar. The lateral movement control assembly has a lateral stiffness and is coupled between the torsion bar and the airframe such that lateral movement of the engine causes rotation of the torsion bar which reacts on lateral movement control assembly. The vertical movement control assembly has a vertical stiffness and is coupled between the engine and the airframe such that vertical movement of the engine reacts on the vertical movement control assembly. The engine mount assembly, thereby enables torsional, lateral and vertical movement of the engine to be independently controlled.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170217595A1 Engine Mount Assemblies for Aircraft Public/Granted day:2017-08-03
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