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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 18, 2005
Filed:
Feb. 09, 2004
John Alan Manteiga, North Andover, MA (US);
Christopher James Wilusz, Peabody, MA (US);
Cornelius Harm Dykhuizen, West Chester, OH (US);
John Alan Manteiga, North Andover, MA (US);
Christopher James Wilusz, Peabody, MA (US);
Cornelius Harm Dykhuizen, West Chester, OH (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A fail-safe lug is carried by an engine frame member and receives a clevis carried by an engine mount member. The mount member includes side links that transmit transverse loads between the engines and the airframe and a thrust link that transmits axial, engine thrust loads between the engine and the airframe. A fail-safe pin is carried by the clevis and has an outer diameter that is smaller than an aperture in the lug and through which the pin passes, so that no loads are imposed on the fail-safe pin in normal operation. When one or more of the links are no longer capable of transmitting loads, the fail-safe arrangement becomes operative to accommodate the loads transmitted between the engine and the airframe.