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US 9,789,948 B2Granted
Tool for simultaneously holding several attachment clips in contact with an aircraft fuselage frame element
AssigneeAirbus Operations GmbH
InventorsYannick Marin, Emilie Luche
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Abstract
A system with attachment clips designed to fix an attachment element of an aircraft fuselage frame onto a fuselage skin and/or to stiffeners fitted onto this fuselage skin is provided. The system includes tooling elements arranged alternately with the clips such that they connect to each other, in order to reduce the fabrication time and cost of an aircraft fuselage.
Claims15
A system comprising:
- a plurality of attachment clips in a number greater or equal to three, the system being designed to fix an attachment element of an aircraft fuselage frame onto a fuselage skin and/or to one or more fuselage stiffeners fitted onto the fuselage skin;
- and
- junction elements configured as reusable tooling elements arranged alternately with the plurality of attachment clips such that the tooling elements and the plurality of attachment clips connect to each other,
- wherein the junction elements are arranged such that the attachment clips are not in contact with each other.
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An assembly comprising:
- an element of the fuselage frame;
- and
- a system with a plurality of attachment clips being in contact with the element of the fuselage frame,
- wherein the system comprises:
- the plurality of attachment clips in a number greater or equal to three, the system being designed to fix an attachment element of an aircraft fuselage frame onto a fuselage skin and/or to one or more fuselage stiffeners fitted onto the fuselage skin;
- and
- junction elements configured as reusable tooling elements arranged alternately with the plurality of attachment clips such that the tooling elements and the plurality of attachment clips connect to each other,
- wherein the junction elements are arranged such that the attachment clips are not in contact with each other.
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A method of assembling a plurality of attachment clips onto an element of an aircraft fuselage frame, the method comprising:
- fixing the plurality of attachment clips of a system to the element of the aircraft fuselage frame;
- and
- removing reusable tooling elements from the system,
- wherein the system comprises:
- the plurality of attachment clips in a number greater or equal to three, the system being designed to fix an attachment element of an aircraft fuselage frame onto a fuselage skin and/or to one or more fuselage stiffeners fitted onto the fuselage skin;
- and
- junction elements configured as reusable tooling elements arranged alternately with the plurality of attachment clips such that the tooling elements and the plurality of attachment clips connect to each other,
- wherein the junction elements are arranged such that the attachment clips are not in contact with each other.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.