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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 01, 2013
Filed:
Dec. 16, 2008
Scott Hartshorn, Everett, WA (US);
Dean Leon Parham, Issaquah, WA (US);
Donald T. Powell, Everett, WA (US);
Scott Hartshorn, Everett, WA (US);
Dean Leon Parham, Issaquah, WA (US);
Donald T. Powell, Everett, WA (US);
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
An apparatus for mounting an aircraft engine to a wing includes a torque box strut for supporting the engine and a mounting system for attaching the torque box strut to the wing. The mounting system has an aft mounting system for attaching the torque box strut to the wing and that has at least one active aft link for attaching the torque box strut to the wing during normal aircraft operation, and at least one aft link catcher for attaching the torque box strut to the wing upon a failure of one of the at least one active aft link. The mounting system has a forward mounting system for attaching the torque box strut to the wing and that has at least one active forward link for attaching the torque box strut to the wing during normal aircraft operation, and at least one forward link catcher for attaching the torque box strut to the wing upon a failure of one of the at least one active forward link.