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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 14, 2021
Filed:
Jan. 25, 2018
Applicant:
Airbus Operations Gmbh, Hamburg, DE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Airbus Operations GmbH, Hamburg, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 1/14 (2006.01); B64F 5/10 (2017.01); B64C 1/06 (2006.01); B23P 19/02 (2006.01); B23P 19/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64F 5/10 (2017.01); B23P 19/02 (2013.01); B23P 19/04 (2013.01); B64C 1/069 (2013.01); B23P 2700/01 (2013.01); B64C 1/14 (2013.01);
Abstract
In order to improve and facilitate shimming between two parts, a deformable shim is provided that comprises a main structure of an at least partly cellular region. The main structure is compressible by plastic deformation from an initial volume to a deformed volume, wherein the deformed volume is smaller than the initial volume. In a deformed state, the main structure maintains the deformed volume without further or continuing compression force. Further, the main structure is arrangeable between a first aircraft component and a second aircraft component to create a predefined distance between the first and the second aircraft component.