Patent ID: 8474750
Filing Date: 2013-07-02
Classification: B64D

Abstract:
1. An engine attachment pylon for an aircraft, the pylon comprising: a rigid structure including a box, the box including an upper spar and a lower spar connected to each other by two lateral panels, the two lateral panels extending in a longitudinal direction of the engine, wherein each of the two lateral panels includes a web delimiting a side space inside the box where an upper end of the web faces the upper spar and a lower end of the web faces the lower spar, wherein at least one of the upper end of the web and the lower end of the web of at least one of the two lateral panels includes at least one assembly cleat projecting sideways from the web towards an outside of the box and in a direction substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the engine, and wherein the at least one assembly cleat is assembled to one of the upper spar and the lower spar via an attachment mechanism located outside the inner space of the box.