Classifications

• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B64—AIRCRAFT; AVIATION; COSMONAUTICS
  • B64D—EQUIPMENT FOR FITTING IN OR TO AIRCRAFT; FLIGHT SUITS; PARACHUTES; ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF POWER PLANTS OR PROPULSION TRANSMISSIONS IN AIRCRAFT
  • B64D29/00—Power-plant nacelles, fairings or cowlings
  • B64D29/08—Inspection panels for power plants
• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B64—AIRCRAFT; AVIATION; COSMONAUTICS
  • B64D—EQUIPMENT FOR FITTING IN OR TO AIRCRAFT; FLIGHT SUITS; PARACHUTES; ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF POWER PLANTS OR PROPULSION TRANSMISSIONS IN AIRCRAFT
  • B64D29/00—Power-plant nacelles, fairings or cowlings
  • B64D29/02—Power-plant nacelles, fairings or cowlings associated with wings
• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B64—AIRCRAFT; AVIATION; COSMONAUTICS
  • B64D—EQUIPMENT FOR FITTING IN OR TO AIRCRAFT; FLIGHT SUITS; PARACHUTES; ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF POWER PLANTS OR PROPULSION TRANSMISSIONS IN AIRCRAFT
  • B64D29/00—Power-plant nacelles, fairings or cowlings
  • B64D29/06—Attaching of nacelles, fairings or cowlings

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• FIGS. 1 to 4 show a nacelle 1 of the prior art, surrounding a turbojet engine 3 fixed on a mast 5.
• Such nacelle typically comprises a fixed upper cover 7 and a lower cover 9 pivotally mounted on the upper cover by hinges 11, locks 13 being provided for locking / unlocking the lower cover for maintenance of organs located in the peripheral zone 15 situated between the air inlet 17, the fan casing 19 and the thrust reverser 21.
• Such a nacelle therefore requires the implementation of hinges and locks, as well as connecting rods to maintain the lower cover 9 in the open position.
• the present invention is therefore particularly intended to provide a nacelle of the aforementioned type which has a lower weight and lower cost.
• a nacelle comprising a first cover and a second cover capable of covering in particular the area located around the fan casing of a turbojet engine, which is remarkable in that it furthermore comprises an intermediate cover fixed to said first cover so as to sandwich a support mast of said turbojet, and in that said second cover is attached to said intermediate cover by removable fixing means.
• the first cover and the intermediate cover are mounting brackets for the second cover, and when you want to access the area, simply remove the second panel and remove it completely.
• said nacelle also comprises pins for axially fixing said first cover and / or said second cover and / or said intermediate cover on a downstream part of this nacelle, such as a thrust reverser,
• said nacelle also comprises dismountable fixing means of said first cover and / or said second cover and / or said intermediate cover on an upstream part of this nacelle, such as an air inlet;
• said nacelle comprises means for locking said first cover and / or said second cover and / or said intermediate cover on an upstream part of said basket, such as an air inlet;
• said removable fixing means comprise screws cooperating with nut cages;
• the fixing means of said intermediate cover to said first cover comprise fittings mounted on these covers and connecting rods extending between these fittings; - Seals are attached to the edges of said intermediate cover and said first cover which are intended to cooperate with said mast;
• said first cover is an upper cover and said second cover is a lower cover
• hoods comprise reinforcing means.
• FIG. 1 to 4 denote a nacelle of the prior art; more particularly, Figures 1 and 2 are perspective views of such a nacelle and respectively in the normal operating position and in the maintenance position, Figure 3 is an axial sectional view of this nacelle according to the plane P of the figure 1 in direction III, and FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view of this nacelle taken along the line IV-IV of FIG. 3; FIG. 5 is an exploded perspective view of a nacelle according to the invention; ,
• FIGS. 11 to 14 are views similar to that of FIG. 9, indicating the opening kinematics of the lower cover of the nacelle according to the invention
• FIG. 15 is a view similar to that of FIG. 10, corresponding to the state of opening of the cover 9 of FIG. 14, and
• FIG. 16 is a view similar to that of Figure 9 of another embodiment of a nacelle according to the invention.
• identical or similar reference numerals designate identical or similar members or sets of members.
• the nacelle according to the invention comprises a cowling comprising three distinct parts: an upper cover 7, a lower cover 9 and an intermediate cover 23.
• the upper covers 7 and lower 9 have substantially the shape of half cylinders and have on their inner faces reinforcements in the form of ribs 25, 27.
• the intermediate cover 23 has meanwhile substantially the shape of a plate, also provided on its inner face with reinforcements 29.
• These three covers comprise, on their downstream edge (with respect to the direction of air circulation in the turbojet engine 3) axial pins 31, 33, 35 whose function will be explained later.
• the upper cover 7 and the intermediate cover 23 furthermore have fittings 37, 39 connected together in pairs by connecting rods 41. It can also be seen in FIG. 8 that the lower cover 9 has on its two longitudinal edges a plurality perforations 43, 45 to allow the fixing of the lower cover respectively on the corresponding edges of the upper cover 7 and the intermediate cover 23.
• the upstream edge of the lower cover 9 is fixed on brackets 49 mounted on the air inlet 17, thanks to fasteners such as screws 51 cooperating with nut cages 53. It can be seen in FIG. 10 that such screws 51 and cages 53 are also used to fix the lateral edges of the lower cover 9 to the corresponding edges of the upper cover 7 and the intermediate cover 23.
• FIG. 10 also shows how the connecting rods 41 extend between the fittings 37 of the top cover 7 and the fittings 39 of the intermediate cover 23.
• seals 55, 57 are attached to the lateral edges of the upper cover
• the line of screws 51 on the upstream edge of the lower cover 9 is first removed, as indicated by the arrow F1 of FIG. 11.
• the screws connecting the two lateral edges of the lower cover 9 are then removed from the respective edges of the upper cover 7 and the intermediate cover 23 (of course, this attachment removal order is purely indicative).
• the lower cover 9 is then slid towards the front of the nacelle, as indicated by the arrow F3 of FIG. 13, making it possible to disengage the axial pins 33 from their respective receptacles 47.
• the nacelle according to the invention comprises a cowling which can be set up and removed in an extremely simple manner, thanks to removable fixing means.
• FIG. 16 indicates a possible variant of the invention, in which locking means 58 are provided solely on the upstream edge of the lower cover 9, such locking means possibly comprising actuating handles 59 acting on movable pins.

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