The Boeing Company

Drew-Daniel T Keefe

Mark Ronald McLaughlin

David H Leibov

Charles B Lockin

Soo H Teoh

Brent Edward Beneke

Jenny Young

Jeff S Hollowell

Kyle Edward Lyon

Andrew Joseph Gubel

Keith A Christianson

A system and a method for securing a portion of a fuselage of an aircraft to a portion of a wing of the aircraft include a longeron having a first end and a second end, a first moveable coupling interface that moveably secures the first end to the portion of the fuselage, and a second moveable coupling interface that moveably secures the second end to the portion of the wing.

System and method for securing a structural member to a wing and a fuselage of an aircraft

Fuselage barrel assemblies and methods of assembling fuselage barrel assemblies are disclosed herein. The fuselage barrel assemblies include a first barrel section and a second barrel section, which is interfaced with the first barrel section to define a barrel joint between the first barrel section and the second barrel section. The fuselage barrel assemblies also include a split longeron, which extends across the barrel joint and is attached to both the first barrel section and the second barrel section. The split longeron includes a first longeron section, which is attached to the first barrel section, and a second longeron section, which is attached to the second barrel section. The split longeron also includes a longeron joint that attaches the first longeron section to the second longeron section. The methods include methods of assembling the fuselage barrel assemblies.

Fuselage barrel assemblies and methods of assembling fuselage barrel assemblies

A joint joining an aircraft wing to an aircraft body employs a splice panel that is engaged in surface engagement with a skin panel on a side of the aircraft body and is engaged in surface engagement with a leg panel extending upwardly from the aircraft wing. A plurality of fasteners extend through the splice panel and the leg panel and extend through the splice panel and the skin panel. The plurality of fasteners attach the splice panel to the skin panel and attach the splice panel to the leg panel and thereby attach the skin panel to the leg panel. After fastener holes have been drilled through the splice panel and the leg panel to attach the splice panel to the leg panel, the splice panel can be removed from the leg panel. This provides easy access to the fastener holes drilled through the leg panel for deburring of the fastener holes.

Joint joining an aircraft wing to an aircraft body

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Maple Valley, WA, United States of America

Drew-Daniel T Keefe