A compression rod engagement apparatus is provided that includes an engagement feature, an engagement feature pin, and a mounting member. The engagement feature is attached to the engagement feature pin. The engagement feature pin is engaged with the mounting member in a home position and axial travel of the engagement feature pin along a lengthwise axis away from the home position in either axial direction is resisted by at least one spring force.

The subject matter of this specification can be embodied in, among other things, a system includes a turbofan engine, a nacelle surrounding the engine and defining an annular bypass duct through the engine to define a generally forward-to-aft bypass air flow path, a thrust reverser movable to and from a reversing position where at least a portion of the bypass air flow path is reversed and comprising a first reverser portion having a first latch element, and a second reverser portion having a second latch element that is reversibly engageable with the first latch element to reversibly secure the second reverser portion to the first reverser portion, and an actuator comprising a catch element coupled to a portion of at least one of the first latch element and the second latch element to move the first reverser portion and the second reverser portion into and out of the reversing position.

The present disclosure provides a thrust reverser device that is integrated in an aircraft nacelle. Blocking flaps are stored inside a mobile cowl disposed in a downstream section of the nacelle, under deflection cascade assemblies during direct-jet operation of the nacelle. Various devices are provided for executing the passage from direct-jet operation to reverse-jet operation in two stages: the mobile cowl moves in translation towards the downstream end of the nacelle; and each flap is then deployed in the main air flow path.

A thrust reverser actuator system fitting and a v-blade may be coupled to a track beam. A portion of the load between a translating sleeve and a fan case may be transmitted through the track beam. The thrust reverser actuator system fitting may comprise an integral v-blade.

The present disclosure relates to a hydraulic control system for a thrust reverser of an aircraft turbofan nacelle. The hydraulic control system includes devices for actuating and controlling the reverser having hydraulic locks and cylinders, the corresponding hydraulic solenoid valves, and sensors. The turbofan includes a full-authority electronic computer or aircraft having an avionics computer that gives reverse thrust commands. The system further includes an electronic concentration module, different from the computer, which concentrates the data relating to the operation of the reverser actuation and control devices. The module includes internal contact switches for controlling the solenoid valves, a device for monitoring the sensors, a device for analog or digital processing of the data, and a bus for communication with the computer.

An aircraft propulsion assembly with an engine provided with a cascade-type thrust reverser includes cascades of mobile deflection vanes connected to cascade rails with a slideway connection that allows the cascades of vanes a translational movement between a cruising-flight position and a reverse-thrust position. The thrust reverser allows the cascade rails to be positioned in a forward position, in which the engine, the cascade rails and the deflection vanes can be removed from the propulsion assembly without the cascade rails colliding with the mobile cowl of the reverser. Dismantling and assembly or reassembly methods allow maintenance operations to be carried out on the engine thus dismantled.

Locking actuators for thrust reverser actuation systems, engines and aircraft including the same, and associated methods. A locking actuator includes an actuator housing, an extension element, and a lock assembly. The extension element is configured to translate along an actuator axis to transition between a retracted state and an extended state. The lock assembly transitions between a locked state and an unlocked state independent of transitioning the extension element between the retracted and extended states. In examples, a thrust reverser actuation system includes an actuator assembly with the locking actuator and a hydraulic control assembly. In examples, an engine includes a thrust generator, a nacelle, a transcowl, and the thrust reverser actuation system. In examples, a method of operating a thrust reverser actuation system includes transitioning a lock assembly from a locked state to an unlocked state and transitioning an extension element from a retracted state to an extended state.

The subject matter of this specification can be embodied in, among other things, an assembly that includes a piston having a piston inner surface defining a cylindrical cavity and includes a first axial portion, a piston face at a first end of the first axial portion, a second axial portion at a second end of the first axial portion, and a helical piston thread defined upon the piston inner surface, a bushing configured to contact the piston inner surface, and a lock nut configured to engage the piston and the bushing.

A nacelle for an aircraft bypass turbomachine, including: an annular envelope extending about a longitudinal axis, a thrust reverser including: an annular movable cowl situated downstream of the annular envelope and able to slide with respect to the annular envelope along the longitudinal axis between a closed position and an open position in which the cowl and the nacelle casing define an opening between one another, at least one first thrust reverser cascade, an actuating mechanism designed to allow a partial or total thrust-cancelling configuration of the thrust reverser, in which configuration the movable cowl is moved into its open position while maintaining the or each first cascade in its retracted position, the opening being occupied by at least one second thrust-attenuating cascade of the thrust reverser, in such a way that the secondary flow passing through the opening exits to the outside of the nacelle with a speed oriented so as to generate a substantially zero or positive thrust along the longitudinal axis.

A cascade element for a thrust reverser system of an engine, more particularly a jet engine, comprises a number of mutually adjacent deflecting vanes for deflecting an air flow, at least one of the deflecting vanes being twisted about its longitudinal axis at least along a twist longitudinal portion, and an engine having a cascade element of this type and to a method for producing a cascade element of this type, wherein additive manufacturing is carried out.