Patent ID: 6843449

Claim:
A mounting system for mounting an aircraft engine to an aircraft, said mounting system comprising: a) a first mount member including a first fail-safe clevis defined by a pair of first clevis ears having opposed faces that are spaced from each other for receiving therebetween a first fail-safe lug carried by an engine, the first fail-safe lug having outer surfaces that are each spaced from respective first clevis ear surfaces to define first fail-safe clevis gaps; and b) a second mount member including a second fail-safe clevis defined by a pair of second clevis ears having opposed faces that are spaced from each other for receiving therebetween a second fail-safe lug carried by the engine, the second fail-safe lug having outer surfaces that are each spaced from respective second clevis ear faces to define second fail-safe clevis gaps; wherein the second fail-safe clevis gaps are smaller than the first fail-safe clevis gaps, so that upon a failure of a thrust link extending between the engine and an airframe structure for transmitting thrust loads the thrust loads are transmitted through the second mount member.