Patent ID: 6126110
Filing Date: 2000-10-03
Classification: B64D

Abstract:
An engine support system for constraining an aircraft engine casing against vertical and/or axial thrust movements relative to the aircraft wing, and comprising:a pylon box assembly attached to a bottom surface of wing for supporting an aircraft engine in an aft-cantilevered position beneath the wing;a yoke assembly having an upper portion attached to the pylon box assembly and including a pair of opposite side portions wrapped about opposite sides of the engine casing, wherein each side portion of the yoke assembly forms an A-shaped frame member with the bottom portions of the two A-shaped frame members joined to one another and also joined to the pylon box assembly at a location between the opposite ends of the pylon box; anda separate trunnion assembly attached to each side portion of the yoke, wherein each trunnion assembly includes a forward engine mount engaging the engine casing along its centerline.