United Technologies Corporation

Nicholas Leonard

Christopher Waitkus

Sohail M Ahmed

An engine has an oil tank mounted to an engine wall with clevis ears formed on both the oil tank and a mount bracket secured to the engine wall. A link connects the mount bracket clevis ears to the oil tank clevis ears. The link has a pair of spherical bearings that provide a connection allowing movement between the link, the oil tank clevis ears, and the mount bracket clevis ears. A stiffening element connects at least one of the mount bracket clevis ears to at least one of the oil tank clevis ears. The stiffening element is positioned on an outer side of the at least one of the mount bracket clevis ears and the oil tank clevis ears. The spherical bearings are positioned between the oil tank and mount bracket clevis ears.

Oil tank mount with stiffeners

An engine has an oil tank mounted to an engine wall with clevis ears formed on both the oil tank and a mount bracket. A link connects the mount bracket clevis ears to the oil tank clevis ears. The link has a spherical bearing which is mounted in the oil tank clevis ears. This provides a connection allowing movement between the link and the oil tank clevis ears. The link is a yoke having arms positioned outwardly of the mount bracket clevis ears securing the oil tank to the mount bracket.

Oil tank mount with yoke

An engine has an oil tank mounted to an engine wall with clevis ears formed on both the oil tank and a mount bracket secured to the engine wall. A link connects the mount bracket clevis ears to the oil tank clevis ears. The link has a pair of spherical bearings providing a connection allowing movement between the link, the oil tank clevis ears, and the link and the mount bracket clevis ears. The link is provided with a stop such that movement of the oil tank relative to the mount bracket in one direction is stopped when the stop is engaged.

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Nicholas Leonard