Patent ID: 8028414
Filing Date: 2011-10-04
Classification: B23P,B64D,B64F,F16C,Y10T

Abstract:
1. An engine mount for an aircraft engine comprising: a mount portion having an inner bore defining a bearing bore, an inner diameter of said inner bore being machined at a maintenance step to be larger than an initial size; a sizing sleeve force fit into said inner bore, said sizing sleeve having an outer diameter that is selected based upon the inner diameter of said inner bore; a bearing force fit into an inner bore of said sizing sleeve, said bearing having an outer diameter to be slightly larger than an inner diameter of said inner bore in said sizing sleeve; and said bearing and said sizing sleeve being secured to said bearing bore, said bearing having a surface that is swaged with the sizing sleeve into a chamfer on said mount portion, and with said surface being swaged radially outwardly.