Airbus Operations Gmbh

Airbus Operations (s.a.s.)

John Hobday

Robert Ian Thompson

Christopher Lynas

Oliver Marks

Andrew Henstridge

Andrew McMahon

Saif Rafique

Llifon Williams

Umberto Polimeno

Julien Laverne

Jöerg Schwickert

Raul-Jose Gomez Vizcaino

Abishek Ramesh

Rowan Bridgeley

An assembly-ready joint for an aircraft assembly is disclosed. The joint includes a first joint part having a spigot. The joint also has a second joint part with a housing. A floating socket is in an interior of the housing. The second joint part receives the spigot in the floating socket. The joint is arranged to receive a curable medium, such as curable resin, in the interior to contract between the housing and the floating socket.

Joint for an aircraft assembly

An aircraft wing () has a wing tip device () joined thereto. The root () of the wing tip device () is joined to the tip of the wing () at a first connection (). An external strut () extends between the wing () and the wing tip device (), the strut () being joined to the wing () at a second connection (). The second connection () is inboard of the first connection, such that loadings on the wing tip device () generated during use, are transferred, via the strut (), to a location on the wing () that is inboard of where the root () of the wing tip device () is joined to the tip of the wing.

Aircraft wing with a wing tip device and a strut

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