US 11,807,373 B2
Pylon including a primary structure formed of at least one longeron and one panel assembled by welding
Julien Allain, Toulouse (FR); Stéphane Dida, Toulouse (FR); Jérome Colmagro, Toulouse (FR); Olivier Dubois, Toulouse (FR); Julien Moulis, Toulouse (FR); Jacky Puech, Toulouse (FR); and Laurent Lafont, Toulouse (FR)
Assigned to Airbus Operations SAS
Filed by Airbus Operations SAS, Toulouse (FR)
Filed on Oct. 27, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/081,193.
Claims priority of application No. 19 12168 (FR), filed on Oct. 30, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0130001 A1, May 6, 2021
Int. Cl. B64D 27/26 (2006.01); B64F 5/10 (2017.01); F16B 5/08 (2006.01)
CPC B64D 27/26 (2013.01) [B64F 5/10 (2017.01); F16B 5/08 (2013.01); B64D 2027/266 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A pylon intended to support an engine of a flying vehicle, said pylon comprising a primary structure formed by at least one longeron and a first panel and a second panel,
wherein said first panel comprises at least one first end part in which is formed a first notch including a first lip, said second panel comprises at least one second end part in which is formed a second notch including a second lip, said at least one longeron provided with a first end adapted to be positioned in the first notch and a second end adapted to be positioned in the second notch, said first and second panels and said at least one longeron assembled by welding at least a part of said first end and said second end of said at least one longeron to at least a part of said first notch and second notch, respectively, said first end including a first surface part of said at least one longeron, said second end including a second surface part of said at least one longeron, said first surface part and said first lip of the first notch spaced apart from one another, and said second surface part and said second lip of the second notch spaced apart from one another.