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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 15, 2022
Filed:
May. 28, 2020
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Clifford D. Borowicz, Mukilteo, WA (US);
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
A bonding tool is described that is used to secure sacrificial pads to bonding locations on a perimeter of a rib during a bonding process. In one embodiment, the bonding tool includes a base member having a rib receptacle dimensioned to receive a rib of a wing, a plurality of compression forms disposed around at least a portion of the rib receptacle and proximate to a perimeter of the rib, where the compression forms include a plurality of sacrificial pads that face towards bonding locations on the perimeter of the rib, and at least one bladder proximate to the compression forms that expands between a wall of the base member and the compression forms to press the sacrificial pads against the bonding locations while the sacrificial pads bond to the bonding locations.