Jig for spark containment caps
AssigneeAirbus Operations GmbH
InventorRichard DOBBIN
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Abstract
A method of securing a first structure to a second structure is disclosed including providing a jig assembly having spark containment caps carried by a jig; mounting the jig assembly on a structure so that the spark containment caps and the jig contact the first structure; securing the spark containment caps to the first structure by injecting adhesive material into contact with the first structure and the spark containment caps and then curing the adhesive material; removing the jig after the adhesive material has cured; and securing the first structure to the second structure with fasteners, each fastener having a tail which is inserted through the first and second structures and into a respective one of the spark containment caps.
Claims14
A jig, comprising:
- a plate with a plurality of pockets each configured to receive a respective spark containment cap;
- wherein each pocket includes an opening terminating at a rim, and an axial hole opposite the opening;
- a plurality of jig injection ports each configured to enable adhesive material to be injected into a respective one of the pockets via the jig injection port;
- and,
- a plurality of jig exhaust ports each configured to enable air to escape from a respective one of the pockets via the jig exhaust port.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.