US 11,884,410 B2
Dual function links for gas turbine engine mounts
Srinivas Addagatla, Gebeze (TR); Ravindra Shankar Ganiger, Bengaluru (IN); Anil Soni, Bengaluru (IN); Sharad Tiwari, Gebeze (TR); and Jonathan E. Coleman, Evendale, OH (US)
Assigned to General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US)
Filed by General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US)
Filed on Feb. 4, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/665,286.
Prior Publication US 2023/0249838 A1, Aug. 10, 2023
Int. Cl. B64D 27/26 (2006.01); F01D 25/28 (2006.01)
CPC B64D 27/26 (2013.01) [F01D 25/28 (2013.01); B64D 2027/262 (2013.01); B64D 2027/268 (2013.01); F05D 2220/323 (2013.01); F05D 2240/90 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus to mount a casing of a gas turbine engine to a pylon, the apparatus comprising:
a first pin; and
a linkage including:
a first linkage portion including the first pin, the first linkage portion having a first stiffness; and
a second linkage portion, the second linkage portion forming a first load path between the gas turbine engine and the pylon, the second linkage portion arranged with respect to the first linkage portion such that a gap prevents the first linkage portion from forming a second load path between the gas turbine engine and the pylon, the second linkage portion having a second stiffness, the second stiffness less than the first stiffness.