公开(公告)号：US12110107B2

公开(公告)日：2024-10-08

申请号：US17673256

申请日：2022-02-16

Applicant: AIRBUS OPERATIONS LIMITED

Inventor： Benjamin Humphrys ,  Dave Gibbons ,  Carl Rice ,  James Powis ,  Martin Cribb ,  David Nathaniel Wilson ,  Michael Reilly

IPC: B64C3/18 ,  B64C3/24 ,  F16B11/00 ,  F16J15/06

CPC classification number: B64C3/187 ,  B64C3/182 ,  B64C3/24 ,  F16B11/006 ,  F16J15/062

Abstract: A rib foot cleat for sealing around a stringer passing through a rib mouse hole in an aircraft assembly. The rib foot cleat has a body for attaching to a rib at a rib mouse hole and defines a cleat channel configured to be arranged over the stringer. The rib foot cleat also has an injection hole through the cleat body which is in fluid communication with the cleat channel, to allow sealant material to be injected through the injection hole in to the cleat channel for sealing around the stringer.

公开(公告)号：US12285777B2

公开(公告)日：2025-04-29

申请号：US17678671

申请日：2022-02-23

Applicant: Airbus Operations Limited

Inventor： Benjamin Humphrys ,  Hannah Barker ,  David Jones

IPC: B05C17/10 ,  B05C11/02 ,  B64F5/10

Abstract: A sealant smoothing tool for smoothing sealant in a gap between two aircraft parts is disclosed including a main body having a base surface for abutting sliding along a top surface of the aircraft parts, a spatula holder for holding a spatula, the spatula holder being configured to movably mount the spatula relative to the main body, and a resilient biasing member, configured to provide a biasing against the spatula or the spatula holder, such that the spatula supplies a biasing force to the sealant. An aircraft having two parts sealed by the sealant smoothing tool, a kit of parts including a sealant smoothing tool and one or more spatulas, and a method of smoothing sealant to seal a gap between two aircraft parts are also disclosed.