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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 2025
Filed:
Jan. 29, 2024
Applicant:
The Boeing Company, Arlington, VA (US);
Inventors:
Daniel R. Smith, Woodinville, WA (US);
Darrell D. Jones, Mill Creek, WA (US);
Assignee:
The Boeing Company, Arlington, VA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64F 5/10 (2017.01); B29C 65/08 (2006.01); B64C 1/00 (2006.01); B64C 1/06 (2006.01); B64F 5/50 (2017.01); B29L 31/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64F 5/10 (2017.01); B29C 65/087 (2013.01); B64C 1/068 (2013.01); B64F 5/50 (2017.01); B29L 2031/3082 (2013.01); B64C 2001/0072 (2013.01);
Abstract
Systems and methods are provided for assembling a section of a fuselage of an aircraft. The method includes pulsing a half barrel section of the fuselage along a track in a process direction, utilizing an indexing feature associated with the half barrel section to determine a desired contour for a portion of the half barrel section, and enforcing the desired contour onto the half barrel section using components that enforce an inner mold line and components that enforce an outer mold line when the half barrel section is out of tolerance from the desired contour.