298results about "Power plant inspection panels" patented technology

A nacelle (55) for a gas turbine engine (10), the engine (10) comprising accessories (34) mounted to a fan casing (28) and a core engine (9), the nacelle (55) substantially surrounds the engine (10) and comprises an intake (12) and a thrust reverser unit (31). The thrust reverser unit (31) is formed by two generally C-shaped portions (31a, 31b). The thrust reverser unit (31) is openable to provide access to the accessories (34) and the core engine (9). The nacelle (55) further comprises a fan containment casing (33) that is integral with the intake (12).

A nacelle for housing an aircraft jet engine. The jet engine has a fan case and a portion disposed downstream of the fan case relative to a direction of airflow through the jet engine. The nacelle comprises an inlet for receiving airflow, a fan cowl panel for covering a forward portion of the fan case, and a thrust reverser having a longitudinal length sufficient to cover the downstream portion of the jet engine in addition to a rearward portion of the fan case. Opening the thrust reverser enables access to an entire area formed by the downstream portion as well as the rearward portion of the fan case.

In an aircraft propulsion system, such as a jet engine, the fan cowls (22) are articulated to the support strut or pylon (12) by which the centre or core engine (14) is connected to a wing element (10). The cowls (22) are kept closed by hooked locks (32a, 32b), which connect their lower edges. To eliminate any risk of accidental opening, guide devices (36, 38) are placed between the lower edges of the cowls (22) and structures (20; 24, 26) connected to the centre engine (14), at least at the front of the cowls. The front structure (20) opposes any axial and radial displacement of the cowls.

The invention relates to a thrust reverser (9) for an aircraft nacelle (1), including: a front frame (11), a cowl (21) which can move between an operating position and an intermediate maintenance position downstream of the front frame (11), means (26) for moving the cowl (21) between closed and open positions, and an inner structure (23) which can move between an operating position and an intermediate maintenance position downstream of the front frame (11). In addition, the cowl (21) comprises two half-cowls (21a, 21b) and the inner structure (23) comprises two structure halves (23a, 23b), whereby said half-cowls (21a, 21b) and said inner structure halves (23a, 23b) can open outward when the cowl (21) and the inner structure (23) are in the intermediate maintenance position.

A blowout latch is provided to latch a first panel to a second panel. The latch is coupled to the first panel and engaged with the second panel. The latch includes a biasing mechanism which is disengagable under pressure to move the first panel relative to the second panel. The latch may also be selectively disengaged with a lesser force than that required to overcome the biasing mechanism by bypassing the biasing mechanism. When manually disengaged, the latch maintains a biasing load on a bolt of the latch. A trigger of the latch is provided to bypass the biasing mechanism and disengage a roller assembly of the latch from the second panel.

The nacelle (1) comprises an air intake (5) upstream of the turbojet engine (2), a middle section (6) an internal casing (6a) of which is intended to surround a fan (3) of the turbojet engine (2), and a downstream section (7) comprising an external structure (7a)which is rigidly connected to a downstream part of the casing (6a) of the fan (3) so as to support the turbojet engine (2) and has means of attachment to a strut (12) intended to be connected to a fixed structure (13) of an aeroplane.

The present invention relates to a nacelle (1) for a turbojet engine comprising an air intake structure (4) capable of ducting a flow of air towards a fan and a central structure (5) intended to surround the said fan and to which the air intake structure is attached, the central structure comprising a casing (9) intended to surround the fan and an external structure (13), characterized in that the air intake structure comprises, on the one hand, at least one internal panel (41) attached to the central structure via the casing and therewith forming a fixed structure and, on the other hand, at least one longitudinal external panel (40) attached removably to the fixed structure and incorporating an air intake lip (4a), the said external panel being removable between an operating position in which the external panel is aerodynamically continuous with the external structure of the central section and the air intake lip provides aerodynamic continuity with the internal panel of the air intake structure, and a maintenance position in which the external panel is separated from the external structure of the central section and the air intake lip is separated from the internal panel of the air intake structure.

An aircraft engine assembly including an engine, an engine mounting structure, and a nacelle surrounding the engine and including an air intake and fan cowls. The assembly further includes a cradle supporting the fan cowls, fixedly mounted on the mounting structure or else on an entity including a fan case and the air intake attached to the case. The engine assembly further includes a junction aerodynamic fairing including a first mounting mechanism mounted on the cradle, and including a second mounting mechanism mounted on the other of the elements from among the mounting structure and the entity.

A nacelle inlet for an aircraft engine of a type having an engine fan case with a forward flange includes an acoustic inner barrel having a forward edge and an aft edge, an outer shell having a nose lip portion with a trailing inner edge, and an outer barrel portion having an aft portion. The nacelle inlet also includes an aft attachment flange configured to attach the inlet to the forward flange of the engine fan case, and an aft bulkhead having an aft end and connecting the outer barrel portion of the outer shell to the aft attachment flange. The forward edge of the acoustic inner barrel is connected to the trailing inner edge of the nose lip portion, and the aft portion of the inner barrel is attached to the aft attachment flange.

The nacelle of the invention includes an air-inlet front section, a middle section for encasing the fan of the turbofan (7) and a rear section including means for connection to a pylon to be connected to the rigid structure or an airplane. The rear section includes a structural framework (18) having at least one aerodynamic smoothing and acoustic panel (21). The acoustic panel (21) is secured on the structural framework (18) by floating or elastic fixation means so that said acoustic panel (21) can be deformed in a direction (31) essentially centrifugal and radial relative to the turbofan (7) in the presence of overpressure air (3) in the engine compartment.

Aircraft engine comprising a pod comprising, in sequence from front to back, an air inlet structure (6), fan cowls (7), thrust inverter cowls (8), and a nozzle (9), additional stiffening means are placed either in the air inlet structure (6) or between the fan cowls (7) and the thrust inverter cowls (8). This arrangement limits the clearance between fan cowls (7) and thrust inverter cowls (8), despite the pressure differences applied in flight on the air inlet structure (6), due to the aerodynamic air flow. This avoids the formation of an excessive parasite drag that would increase engine fuel consumption.

The carrier structure of the invention is used for carrying a turboprop and it is designed to be mounted beneath and / or in front of an airplane wing. In characteristic manner, said carrier structure comprises: a top portion comprising a front arch, a rear arch, and longitudinal beams; an upwardly-open removable bottom portion comprising at least two bottom arches and longerons; said bottom portion being demountably fixed to the top portion by centering and fixing means, said bottom and top portions together defining a housing suitable for receiving said turboprop, and a suspension for carrying said turboprop.

In order to avoid an operator forgetting to actuate locking mechanism interposed between two elements, such as the pod cowls (12, 14) of an aircraft engine, when said elements are in the closed position, use is made of a closure fault indicator. Said indicator comprises retractable abutment members (42, 44) automatically maintaining the two elements spaced from one another in a visible manner, when said elements are moved from their open position into their closed position.

The invention relates to a door (20) for an aircraft engine nacelle (6), comprising an opening leaf (22), locking means (32, 36) with which the opening leaf may be locked in the closed position, as well as means (28) for setting the opening leaf (22) into motion with which the latter may be displaced from the closed position to the open position.According to the invention, said locking means have a mechanical fuse (50) intended to break under the effect of a force exerted by the opening leaf (22) and resulting from an opening gas pressure being applied on the opening leaf, with a value greater than or equal to a predetermined value and causing displacement of the opening leaf from the closed position to the open position after breakage of the mechanical fuse (50).

An aircraft engine assembly including a turbojet, a turbojet attachment pylon, and a nacelle mounted on the attachment pylon and surrounding the turbojet. The nacelle includes at least one mobile nacelle portion forming a single piece envelope all around a section of the turbojet, this mobile nacelle portion being mounted free to slide on the attachment pylon so that it can be moved from the forward position in the aft direction, and vice versa.

The invention proposes an arrangement of a tank of lubrication liquid for an aircraft turbomachine (12), under a nacelle cowling (10) covering said turbomachine (12), with the tank being arranged in the volume located between the turbomachine (12) and the nacelle cowling (10), with the nacelle cowling (10) comprising an opening (22) for access to said volume,characterised in that the tank (18) is fastened to an internal face (20a) of a panel (20) closing off said opening (22), with the unit formed by the panel (20) and the tank being added onto the nacelle cowling (10) and able to be mounted and dismounted from the nacelle cowling (10).

Turbomachine fan duct comprising two coaxial cylindrical walls (60, 68), these being an internal wall and an external wall, respectively, the internal wall (68) consisting of a framework (70) to which panels (72) are removably attached, and the external wall (60) consisting of a single support structure (62) comprising openings (64) closed by removable panels (66), the openings (64) in the external wall having dimensions that allow the panels (72) of the internal wall to pass and allow these panels to be fitted onto and removed from the framework (70) of the internal wall.

An aircraft engine nacelle inlet is provided with an inlet cowling. The inlet cowling includes an inner lip, an outer lip, and a leading edge portion connecting the inner and outer lips. Heating elements are provided proximate the leading edge, either on an inside surface of the cowling or on an outside surface. An inner barrel portion and an outer barrel portion of the nacelle inlet define a space therebetween. Ice protection-related equipment such as controllers, cables, switches, connectors, and the like, may reside in this space. One or more access openings are formed in the outer barrel to enable an operator to gain access to this equipment. The inlet cowling attaches to the inner and outer barrels with its outer lip extending sufficiently far in the aft direction to cover the access opening. When the cowling is removed, the access opening is uncovered, thereby permitting access to the equipment.

The invention relates to a nacelle (1) that comprises a first cowling (7) and a second cowling (9) capable of covering in particular the area (15) located around the casing of the fan (19) of a turbojet engine (3). The nacelle further includes an intermediate cowling (23) attached to said first cowling (7) so as to sandwich a mast (5) holding said turbojet engine (3). The second cowling (9) is mounted onto the intermediate cowling (23) via removable fastening means.

The invention relates to a nacelle (100) for the turbojet of an aircraft that comprises a downstream structure including: an outer structure (106), a concentric inner structure (109) surrounding a downstream portion (111) of the turbojet and including an upstream section having a relatively small diameter (113) and a downstream section having a relatively large diameter (114), wherein said inner structure (109) defines together with the outer structure (106) an annular flow channel (108); and a guiding system (140) for connecting the inner structure (109) and the downstream portion (111) of the turbojet engine or a portion of a suspension mast; characterised in that the guiding system (140) includes a means for combining a translation and rotation movement of at least a portion of said inner structure (109) between a working position, in which the inner structure (109) is used as a cowling for the turbojet downstream portion (111), and a maintenance position in which the inner structure (109) exposes said turbojet downstream portion (111), thus enabling the movement of said portion if the inner structure (109) along the profile of the upstream section having a relatively small diameter (113), and then of the downstream section having a relatively large diameter (114).

An aircraft tail cone comprising a fuselage in which avionic equipment is housed. The tail cone comprises two lateral hatches formed in the fuselage, at least one hatch being formed on each of the two opposite sides of the fuselage. Each hatch is mounted removably with respect to the fuselage so as to take up a closed first position in which the hatch closes a lateral opening in the fuselage, and an open second position in which the open hatch allows access to the inside of the tail cone through the corresponding opening The avionic equipment that requires regular inspection and / or maintenance operations is housed in a part of the tail cone which is accessible through the two lateral openings in the fuselage to a person who remains on the outside of the fuselage.

A nacelle for an engine has outer and inner cowl doors that are independently rotatable about offset hinge lines. A connection device is provided for selectively connecting the outer and inner cowl doors so as to cause them to open simultaneously. The inner cowl door is arranged to rotate by a greater angle than the outer cowl door so as to improve access to the engine for maintenance purposes.

An access door is provided in a housing for a gas turbine engine, with the access door being movable to an access position independent of any required movement of any cowl door or a fan duct door.

An articulation device connects a door (46) of an aircraft nacelle (30), the nacelle (30) including an external wall called a fairing including at least one opening (44) adapted to be closed by at least the door (46). The articulation device includes at least one arm (56) connected by a first pivotal axle (58) to the nacelle (30) and by a second pivotal axle (60) to the door (46), the two pivotal axles (58, 60) being substantially parallel.

An access door is provided in a housing for a gas turbine engine, with the access door being movable to an access position independent of any required movement of any cowl door or a fan duct door.