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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 11, 2025
Filed:
Nov. 10, 2021
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Daniel R. Smith, Woodinville, WA (US);
Darrell D. Jones, Mill Creek, WA (US);
Farahnaz Sisco, Mukilteo, WA (US);
Kwok Tung Chan, Seattle, WA (US);
Riley HansonSmith, Bothell, WA (US);
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods are provided for assembling aircraft fuselages. One embodiment is a method for assembling a fuselage of an aircraft. The method includes indexing an arcuate section of a fuselage to a frame installation station, feeding a frame at the frame installation station into a concavity defined by the arcuate section, placing the frame against an Inner Mold Line (IML) of the arcuate section while the frame is within the concavity, and affixing the frame to the arcuate section.