Repair assembly to repair an area on a member of a vehicle
AssigneeThe Boeing Company
InventorsStacy Cheng, Jay Patel
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Abstract
Methods and assemblies for repairing an identified area on a member of a vehicle. A first doubler plate is positioned over a first side of the identified area of the member. A second doubler plate is positioned over an opposing second side of the identified area of the member. A first plurality of fasteners are inserted through the identified area and each of the first and second doubler plates and secured. A second plurality of fasteners are inserted through the first and second doubler plates and the member at points away from the identified area and secured.
Claims20
A method of repairing an identified area on a flight control member of an aircraft, the method comprising:
- positioning a first doubler plate over a first side of the identified area of the flight control member;
- positioning a second doubler plate over an opposing second side of the identified area of the flight control member;
- extending a first plurality of fasteners through the identified area and each of the first and second doubler plates and securing the first plurality of fasteners;
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- extending a second plurality of fasteners through each of the first and second doubler plates and the flight control member at points away from the identified area and securing the second plurality of fasteners.
A method of repairing an identified area on a flight control member of an aircraft, the method comprising:
- removing existing fasteners from an identified area and one or more adjacent areas of the flight control member, the existing fasteners extending through holes in the flight control member;
- positioning a first doubler plate on a first side of the flight control member and a second doubler plate on an opposing second side of the flight control member with each of the first and second doubler plates extending over the identified area and the one or more adjacent areas of the flight control member;
- inserting one or more new fasteners through the holes in the identified area and the first and second doubler plates and securing the first and second doubler plates to the flight control member;
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- inserting one or more of the new fasteners through the holes in the one or more adjacent areas of the flight control member and the first and second doubler plates and securing the first and second doubler plates to the flight control member.
A repair assembly that extends over first and second opposing sides of an identified area of a flight control member of an aircraft, the repair assembly comprising:
- first and second doubler plates configured to be positioned on the first and second opposing sides of the flight control member and sized to extend over the identified area and one or more adjacent areas, each of the first and second doubler plates comprising:
- a leading edge;
- a trailing edge;
- holes aligned in a row along the trailing edge;
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- fasteners sized to extend through the holes of each of the first and second doubler plates and the flight control member, the fasteners comprising a head that is larger than the holes;
- wherein the holes of each of the first and second doubler plates have a common spacing for the holes of the first doubler plate to align with the holes of the second doubler plate when the first doubler plate is positioned on the first side of the flight control member and the second doubler plate is positioned on the second side of the flight control member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.