Patent ID: 8186618
Filing Date: 2012-05-29
Classification: B64D

Abstract:
1. A device for attaching an aircraft engine comprising: a rigid structure; and means for attaching the engine on the rigid structure, the rigid structure forming a structure box including spars connected together via transverse ribs, the means for attaching including a plurality of engine attachment members and a device for absorbing thrust loads generated by the engine, at least one of the thrust-load absorbing device or the engine attachment members having a main fitting fixedly mounted on one of the spars forming a supporting spar, by fixing means including a screw and a barrel nut with a deformed flange providing tightening of the screw screwed into the barrel nut, wherein the fixing means further comprises a fixing peg fixedly mounted on the supporting spar and including a main portion located on the outside relative to the rigid structure, the main fitting being crossed by the main portion of the fixing peg and pressed against the supporting spar via a bell-shaped supporting washer surrounding the main portion and stressed by the screw crossing it, the latter being screwed into the barrel nut, which is housed in a bore made within the main portion of the fixing peg.