Patent ID: 6330995
Filing Date: 2001-12-18
Classification: B64D,F16C

Abstract:
In a mount for supporting an engine on an aircraft and comprising at least one link joined between said engine and said aircraft, a translating ball joint comprising:a spherical bearing disposed in an opening in said link;a pin extending through said spherical bearing;an first inner bushing disposed on said pin, adjacent to said spherical bearing, said first inner bushing having an outside diameter and an oppositely disposed set of planar surfaces formed on said outside diameter; andan outer bushing disposed over said inner bushing, said first outer bushing having an inside diameter and an oppositely disposed set of axially extending planar surfaces formed on said inside diameter, each one of said set of planar surfaces formed on said outer bushing slidingly engaging a corresponding one of said set of planar surfaces formed on said first inner bushing.