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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 29, 2011
Filed:
Feb. 16, 2006
Matthew J. Masters, Puyallup, WA (US);
Jeffrey D. Schwindt, Bonney Lake, WA (US);
Larry L. Menghini, Auburn, WA (US);
Jeffrey R. Twyford, Edgewood, WA (US);
Matthew J. Masters, Puyallup, WA (US);
Jeffrey D. Schwindt, Bonney Lake, WA (US);
Larry L. Menghini, Auburn, WA (US);
Jeffrey R. Twyford, Edgewood, WA (US);
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
A transportation tool for transporting, for example, a single composite aircraft fuselage section, including a first spindle weldment mounted on a first tower, and a second spindle weldment mounted on a second tower and configured to couple the single composite aircraft fuselage section to the towers. A first gimbal assembly configured to allow the first spindle weldment to move independent of the first tower, and a second gimbal assembly configured to allow the second spindle weldment to move independent of the second tower.