Method for joining together aircraft parts
AssigneeAirbus Operations GmbH
InventorsNicolas BOULET, Olivier CHAUME
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Abstract
In the method of fastening aircraft parts together, the following steps are performed: crimping an element onto at least two parts so as to fasten them together; and screwing a screw into the element through at least one other part so as to fasten all the parts together and so as to place a head of the screw in a flush position relative to the other part.
Claims11
A method of fastening aircraft parts together, the method comprising the steps of:
- crimping an element onto at least two parts so as to fasten them together;
- and
- screwing a screw into the element through at least one other part so as to fasten all the parts together and so as to place a head of the screw in a flush position relative to the other part.
A method according to the preceding claim, wherein orifices for receiving the element and the screw are made by means of a single operation for all of the parts.
A fastener member for aircraft, the member comprising a screw having a head presenting a cavity or a socket, and an element presenting a threaded orifice suitable for engaging the screw and including a thin-walled zone that is continuous in the circumferential direction around the axis of the orifice and of larger inside diameter than the orifice.
A member according to the preceding claim, wherein the screw includes a head presenting an outside diameter equal to an outside diameter of the element.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.