Jet Engine Connection Device for Flexible Mounting
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing jet engine designs require multiple interfaces and complex arrangements to maintain alignment with storage chambers and pipelines, making it difficult to position jet engines flexibly on an aircraft fuselage, especially for lateral connections.
Innovation Solution
A jet engine with a connection device that allows for easy attachment to various aircraft positions using a single attachment device, featuring fluid areas with interchangeable functionalities, and a design with symmetrically arranged engine attachment points and support struts for optimal line routing, enabling quick rotation and alignment.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If multiple interfaces are used to maintain engine orientation with bearing chambers and piping, then the engine can be mounted at different attachment points, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies universality by designing a single mounting interface that can accommodate multiple mounting positions (left side, right side, rear) of the aircraft. Instead of creating separate interfaces for each position, the invention uses one universal interface structure that maintains engine orientation and connects to bearing chambers and piping regardless of where the engine is attached on the aircraft fuselage.
Solution Approach 2:
The mounting interface is segmented into multiple mounting points that can be selectively used depending on the desired engine position. The interface structure includes distinct attachment locations that allow the engine to be mounted at different positions while maintaining proper orientation through the segmented design of the connection elements.
2Adaptability or versatility
If the engine is designed for lateral mounting on different sides of the aircraft fuselage, then mounting flexibility is improved, but the difficulty of implementing identical bearing chamber and piping arrangements increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies asymmetry by designing the mounting interface with asymmetric characteristics that allow the same interface structure to accommodate symmetric mounting positions (left and right sides). The asymmetric design of the interface elements enables proper orientation and connection regardless of which side of the aircraft the engine is mounted on, simplifying manufacturing while maintaining lateral flexibility.
3Ease of operation
If a single attachment device is used for different mounting positions, then ease of operation is improved, but the ability to maintain proper fluid circuit functionality decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies dynamics by designing fluid circuit connections that can dynamically adapt to different mounting positions. The fluid circuits are arranged and configured to automatically maintain proper functionality whether the engine is mounted on the left side, right side, or rear of the aircraft, allowing the same static interface structure to support dynamic mounting configurations without compromising reliability.
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AI summary
A jet engine (2) is described, comprising a mounting device (36) for connecting the jet engine (2) to an element (7) of an aircraft (1), optionally in a first mounting position and at least one second mounting position, and comprising at least one operating device (45) which has a first fluid area (46) and a second fluid area (47). In the first mounting position, the first fluid area (46) is assigned to a first functionality and the second fluid area (47) to a second functionality. In the second mounting position, the fluid areas (46, 47) are assigned to the other functionality. An aircraft (1) with at least one such jet engine (2) is further described.