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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 10, 2026
Filed:
Feb. 20, 2024
Airbus Operations Limited, Bristol, GB;
The Manufacturing Technology Centre Limited, Coventry, GB;
Ian Moore, Bristol, GB;
David Cantle, Coventry, GB;
Matthew Foster, Coventry, GB;
Dan Edwards, Deeside, GB;
AIRBUS OPERATIONS LIMITED, Bristol, GB;
THE MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY CENTRE LIMITED, Coventry, GB;
Abstract
An automated clamp for clamping a rib web to a rib post or rib foot of an aircraft wing box is disclosed including a clamp frame having a first arm and a second arm extending from the base of the clamp frame. The second arm is moveable towards and away from the first arm; a robot end effector connector coupled to the clamp frame; clamp jaws including a first jaw fixed at a distal end of the first arm, and a second jaw fixed at a distal end of the second arm, the clamp jaws configured to clamp a rib web to a rib post or clamp a rib web to a rib foot. The first jaw and/or second jaw includes a contact normalisation system, the contact normalisation system including: a jaw body fixed relative to the respective arm.
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