Patents Assigned to ERAS GmbH
  • Patent number: 6123293
    Abstract: An engine mount (1) is disclosed which is particularly suitable for a propeller-driven aircraft. The engine mount (1) comprises a tubular frame structure (3) for the attachment of an engine (4) to a supporting structure, particularly to a cowling box (2). The frame structure (3) comprises a multitude of point-shape connected and braced members (8), (11), (12), (13), (15), and is part surrounding the engine (4). The engine (4) is bolted to mounts at one end of the tubular frame structure (3) in the direction (5) of drive, and, at its other end in the direction (5) of drive, the tubular frame structure (3) is, in turn, bolted to mounts on the supporting structure. According to the invention at least one member of the tubular frame structure (3) is an active member (12) the length of which can be changed under control.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 1998
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2000
    Assignees: Deutsches Zentrum fur Luft-und Raumfahrt e.V., ERAS GmbH
    Inventors: Elmar J. Breitbach, Torsten Grutzmacher