Patent ID: 8621874

Claim:
A coupling assembly for coupling an engine core of a turbomachine to the side of an aircraft, the coupling assembly comprising: a duct having a substantially circular shape and surrounding the engine core; a forward frame coupled to the duct and a forward portion of the engine core, the forward frame configured to bend with respect to the body of the aircraft in a horizontal direction when the engine core is operating under thrust-induced loads; and a plurality of coupling struts coupling the engine core to the duct and positioned around a rear portion of the engine core; wherein all of the coupling struts positioned around the rear portion of the engine core extend in a vertical or substantially vertical direction relative to the direction of gravity, when the engine core is at a rest position with zero pitch and zero roll, such that the plurality of coupling struts transmit force only in a substantially vertical direction to (i) inhibit displacement of the rear portion of the engine core in a vertical direction when operating under maneuver-induced loads, and (ii) permit displacement of the rear portion of the engine core in a horizontal direction when operating under thrust-induced loads and the forward frame bends with respect to the body of the aircraft.