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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 27, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 12, 2009
Applicant:
Geneviève Schubetzer, Colomiers, FR;
Inventor:
Geneviève Schubetzer, Colomiers, FR;
Assignee:
Airbus Operations SAS, Toulouse, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B21D 53/88 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method of edge to edge assembly of panels. The method generally includes performing male and female matching cuts on the panel edges to be assembled next to each other, and assembling the panels edge to edge so that the male protuberances of one panel are inserted in the matching female cavities of the second panel, and vice-versa. Such method is applicable to aircraft and automobile manufacturing for the assembly of thin structures, primary or secondary, such as fuselage panels, airfoils, cabin and cockpit paneling, etc., and can be used for metallic as well as composite panels.