NACELLE AIR INTAKE AND NACELLE CONTAINING SUCH AIR INTAKE Russian patent published in 2023 - IPC B64D33/02 F02C7/47 

FIELD: aircraft engines.

SUBSTANCE: air intake (3) for the engine nacelle of the aircraft contains leading edge (31) connecting essentially cylindrical inner wall (32) and essentially cylindrical outer wall (33), front mounting flange (34) for interacting with rear flange (44) of the turbojet engine wall forming housing (42) of the fan. The air intake has support structure (50) extending from the lower end, which can be attached to fan housing (42) in the area of rear flange (44), to the upper end, which contacts at least the downstream part of outer wall (33) of air intake (3). Support structure (50) contains or forms access holes made with the possibility of passing maintenance tools through them during maintenance of air intake (3).

EFFECT: simpler maintenance.

9 cl, 12 dwg