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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 2025
Filed:
Jul. 24, 2023
Airbus Operations (S.a.s.), Toulouse, FR;
Jean-Marc Datas, Toulouse, FR;
Thomas Cartereau, Toulouse, FR;
Jacques Bouriquet, Toulouse, FR;
André Aquila, Blagnac, FR;
Nicolas Darbonville, Blagnac, FR;
Thomas Autret, Blagnac, FR;
Joël Barboule, Toulouse, FR;
Sébastien Bayonne, Toulouse, FR;
Patrick Guerin, Toulouse, FR;
Sjoerd Van Der Veen, Toulouse, FR;
AIRBUS OPERATIONS (S.A.S.), Toulouse, FR;
Abstract
A system for handling a side shell of an aircraft with a view to assembling a fuselage barrel of the aircraft and method for assembling a fuselage barrel of an aircraft are disclosed. The handling system includes at least two fixing devices per side shell. Each of the fixing devices is configured to be fixed to a longitudinal end of the side shell. Each of the fixing devices has a fixing part configured to be fixed on the side shell, a fixing support is configured to mount the fixing device movably on a holding device of an assembly platform, and an elastic element connecting the fixing part to the fixing support.