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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 05, 2018
Filed:
Feb. 06, 2014
Applicant:
United Technologies Corporation, Farmington, CT (US);
Inventor:
Eric J. Alexander, San Diego, CA (US);
Assignee:
UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION, Farmington, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64D 27/00 (2006.01); B64D 27/26 (2006.01); F02C 7/20 (2006.01); B64D 27/14 (2006.01); B64D 33/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64D 27/26 (2013.01); B64D 27/14 (2013.01); B64D 33/04 (2013.01); F02C 7/20 (2013.01); B64D 2027/262 (2013.01); F05D 2250/232 (2013.01); F05D 2260/96 (2013.01); Y02T 50/44 (2013.01); Y10T 29/49623 (2015.01); Y10T 156/10 (2015.01);
Abstract
The present disclosure is applicable to all vehicles having an engine mounted therein. In one embodiment, an aft mount system for a gas turbine engine is disclosed. The aft mount system includes a vehicle chassis and at least one flexible mounting member disposed within the vehicle chassis, wherein when a gas turbine engine is received within the vehicle chassis, an exhaust portion of the gas turbine engine is substantially mounted within the vehicle chassis through engagement with the at least one flexible mounting member.