The Boeing Company

Mark Edmond Shadell

Jesse Randal Wiseman

Richard Bruce Tanner

Mark Ronald McLaughlin

Melinda Dae Miller

Ian E Schroeder

David H Leibov

Michael Robert Rush

Daniel Harvey Fletcher

Soo H Teoh

Steven Kuan-chi Wu

Tho Ngoc Dang

Kristopher William Talcott

Brent Edward Beneke

Orion Parker Watson

Patricia W Estell

Ryan A Fear

Norma L Alvarez-Quinones

Emmett A Salisbury

Melissa A Uhlman

Mark R Mclaughlin

Ian Edward Schroeder

Steven Kuan-Chi Wu

An assembly integrates an aft wing spar root fitting to an aircraft fuselage when joining the aircraft wing to the aircraft body. The assembly provides structural strength to the connection between the aircraft wing and the aircraft body, provides corrosion prevention and provides improved inspection capabilities and repair capabilities to the aircraft wing and aircraft body connection.

Assembly and method connecting an aircraft wing aft spar root to an aircraft body fuselage

A seal arrangement is provided for sealing an exposed edge of a composite laminate part having a fay surface configured to be joined to a structure. The seal arrangement includes a precured edge seal covering the exposed edge and a cover covering the edge seal. A seal bead located within a recess in the fay surface of the part forms a seal between the part and the structure.

Part edge seal arrangement and joining method

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Seattle, WA, United States of America

Mark Edmond Shadell