Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method, system and apparatus for assembling a composite wing skin with stiffeners
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Application No.: US14629131Application Date: 2015-02-23
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Publication No.: US09914549B2Publication Date: 2018-03-13
- Inventor: Doan Dinh Pham , Mark Charles Iden
- Applicant: The Boeing Company
- Applicant Address: US IL Chicago
- Assignee: The Boeing Company
- Current Assignee: The Boeing Company
- Current Assignee Address: US IL Chicago
- Agency: McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP
- Main IPC: B25B5/00
- IPC: B25B5/00 ; B64F5/10 ; B25B5/06 ; B29C65/00

Abstract:
A jig apparatus and associated systems and methods for forming a composite wing skin is presented, including providing a frame with a working surface. A plurality of indexing blocks are coupled to the working surface of the frame. Each of the plurality of indexing blocks has a first indexing surface oriented perpendicular to the working surface of the frame and a second indexing surface oriented approximately parallel to the working surface of the frame. A plurality of clamping blocks are also each moveably coupled to one of the plurality of indexing blocks. Each of the plurality of clamping blocks has a clamping surface oriented perpendicular to the working surface of the frame and in facing relation to the first indexing surface of an adjacent indexing block thereby defining a plurality of channels.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160244185A1 Method, System and Apparatus for Assembling a Composite Wing Skin with Stiffeners Public/Granted day:2016-08-25
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