Wing major assembly jig
AssigneeThe Boeing Company
InventorQuentin T. Woods
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Abstract
A "generic" jig is provided for assembling a wing box or, in other words, the major portion of a wing. The jig has an elongated base to which is attached one or more elongated strongback modules. The modules define the position of the wing box's lower spar. Modules may be interchanged as is directed by the particular wing box which is to be assembled. At one end of the jig's base is an inner stand-off module for defining the position of the wing box's root end, and at the other end of the base is an outer stand-off module for defining the position of the wing box's tip end. Both inner and outer stand-off modules are also interchangeable in accordance with the particular wing which is to be constructed.
Claims16
A wing major assembly jig, comprising:
- an elongated base;
- at least one elongated strongback module removably mounted to said base, said module having means for supporting a lower spar of a wing box in a generally horizontally extending position, said module being mounted to said base in a manner so that said module may be interchanged with another strongback module;
- an inner stand-off module having means defining the position of the wing box's root end;
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- an outer stand-off module having means defining the position of the wing box's tip end.
A wing major assembly jig, comprising:
- an elongated base;
- at least one elongated strongback module removably mounted to said base, said module having means for defining the position of a lower spar of a wing box, and wherein said strongback module includes a plurality of downwardly depending pin members, and said elongated base has a plurality of upwardly opening recesses, said pin members being sized and positioned for male/female registration into said recesses, for mounting said strongback module to said elongated base;
- an inner stand-off module having means defining the position of the wing box's root end;
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- an outer stand-off module having means defining the position of the wing box's tip end.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.