The Boeing Company

David Howard Curry, Iii

Dennis Ray Mathis

Byron James Autry

Paul Gabriel Werntges

David Raines

Charlie E Branyon, Iii

Daniel B Freeman

Brian D Smith

Scott L Smotherman

Kyle Michael Ithal

An apparatus for mounting a splice component for joining two or more workpieces includes a base plate and one or more bias assemblies. The base plate includes one or more passageways extending through the base plate and one or more barrier elements mounted proximate to the passageway(s). Each barrier element and associated passageway are configured to freely receive a protrusion of a splice component. The bias assembly includes a bias element that extends proximate to the passageway and is configured to move resiliently to urge the protrusion against the barrier element. The passageway, the barrier element, and the bias assembly are configured to allow movement of the splice component relative to the base plate transverse to a direction of force applied by the bias element on the protrusion.

Assembly tool for fuselage structure splice

A method of forming a mandrel assembly for use in fabricating a large scale component includes boring a plurality of cavities into an outer surface of the mandrel assembly and filling the plurality of cavities with a contrast color substrate to form a contrast target on the mandrel assembly. The method also includes curing the contrast color substrate such that an outer surface of the contrast color substrate is substantially flush with the outer surface of the mandrel assembly when the substrate is fully cured.

Methods and systems for forming a mandrel assembly for use with a locating system

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Mount Pleasant, SC, United States of America

David Howard Curry, Iii