Patent ID: 9701412
Date: 2017-07-11
CPC Classifications: B64D

Claim:
1. An engine mounting assembly, for securing an aircraft engine to an aircraft, the assembly comprising: first and second spaced support formations on an engine support structure of the engine; first and second corresponding mounting formations on a mounting structure of the aircraft; and first and second links, the first link extending between the first support formation and the first mounting formation, and the second link extending between the second support formation and the second mounting formation, the first link having a first connection formation and the second link having a second connection formation, the first and second connection formations being shaped to depend towards a region between the first and second mounting formations, wherein the first and second connection formations are offset, spaced from the engine by different distances along a direction perpendicular to a rotation axis of the engine, and connected by an intermediate link, wherein the second link is connected to a first part of the intermediate link, and the mounting structure of the aircraft is connected to a second part of the intermediate link.