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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 05, 2024
Filed:
Sep. 21, 2021
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Patrick J. Macko, Mount Pleasant, SC (US);
Byron James Autry, Charleston, SC (US);
James R. Kendall, Mount Pleasant, SC (US);
Samuel James Knutson, Charleston, SC (US);
Brian T. Peters, Mount Pleasant, SC (US);
Michael J. Bailey, Summerville, SC (US);
Matthew S. Stauffer, Summerville, SC (US);
Steven Wanthal, Summerville, SC (US);
Santiago M. Mejia, Charleston, SC (US);
Sara Murphy, Madison, AL (US);
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods are provided for splicing airframe components. One embodiment is a method for assembling an airframe of an aircraft. The method includes forming a first skin of a first circumferential section of fuselage, the first skin including a distal portion comprising a lip and a shoulder, aligning a second skin of a second circumferential section of fuselage with the shoulder such that the lip overlaps the second skin, and affixing the first skin and the second skin together via a circumferential splice.