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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 23, 2004
Filed:
Aug. 20, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Joel J. Heck, Mulvane, KS (US);
Mark W. Palmer, Peru, KS (US);
Earl V. Long, Wichita, KS (US);
Richard Gonzalez, Wichita, KS (US);
Assignee:
Cessna Aircraft Company, Wichita, KS (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B21D 3/900 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B21D 3/900 ;
Abstract
Method and apparatus of back riveting construction for sections of aircraft structure utilizing the flush riveting wherein the back bar tooling for all the rivets in the entire section is a single piece of stationary tooling which conforms to the exterior shape of the aircraft section. The rivet gun is a single impact pneumatic gun with a rivet driving hammer which is offset from the axis of the gun's piston and impact pin to upset rivet under C-channel flanges.