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US 12,679,560 B2Granted
Method for joining a window frame to a fuselage skin of an aircraft made of a fiber composite material
AssigneePremium Aerotec GmbH
InventorsJochen Scholler, Michiel Vrijbergen
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Abstract
A method for joining a window frame to a fuselage skin of an aircraft made of a fiber composite material, includes providing the window frame, making a window opening in the fuselage skin, arranging a curable connecting layer around the window opening, pressing the window frame onto the connecting layer, hardening the composite of fuselage skin, connecting layer and window opening.
Claims7
A method for joining an at least partially curable window frame to an at least partially curable fuselage skin of an aircraft made of a fiber composite material, the method comprising:
- providing the at least partially curable window frame,
- making a window opening in the at least partially curable fuselage skin,
- arranging a curable connecting layer around the window opening,
- pressing the window frame onto the connecting layer, and
- co-curing the at least partially curable fuselage skin, the curable connecting layer and the at least partially curable window opening to form a composite,
- wherein the connecting layer is arranged on a carrier material and is configured to be adhered flat to the window frame or the fuselage skin,
- wherein the step of making the window opening is carried out by an ultrasonic method, and
- wherein no mechanical connecting elements are inserted through the window frame and the adjoining fuselage skin.
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