Patent ID: 8821029

Claim:
A connecting module configured to be interposed between a drive shaft of a rotor of a fan of an aircraft engine, and a rolling-element bearing configured to transmit radial and axial forces, the module comprising: an inner annular structure configured to be attached to the drive shaft, and including a bonnet; and an outer annular structure configured to be fixed relative to an inner ring of the rolling-element bearing, wherein the outer structure, radially supported on radial support means installed on the inner structure, delimits a raceway having a shape complementary to a shape of the bonnet, so as to form jointly a ball joint connection kept in a blocked state by a blocking system including a blocking device installed on the inner structure, wherein the blocking device projects radially towards an exterior from the bonnet, and penetrates into the outer structure, wherein the module further comprises means forming a mechanical fuse and providing a junction between the blocking device and the bonnet, such that the ball joint connection is released following fracture of the means forming a mechanical fuse, and wherein the radial support means is provided on the blocking device.