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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 28, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 15, 2011
Harinder S. Oberoi, Snohomish, WA (US);
Blair P. Nelson, Seattle, WA (US);
Alan S. Draper, Everett, WA (US);
Charles Y. HU, Newcastle, WA (US);
Randall Matthewson, Stanwood, WA (US);
Branko Sarh, Huntington Beach, CA (US);
Harinder S. Oberoi, Snohomish, WA (US);
Blair P. Nelson, Seattle, WA (US);
Alan S. Draper, Everett, WA (US);
Charles Y. Hu, Newcastle, WA (US);
Randall Matthewson, Stanwood, WA (US);
Branko Sarh, Huntington Beach, CA (US);
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
A method of assembling a panelized aircraft fuselage comprises loading a keel structure on a cradle; attaching stanchions to a floor grid; positioning the floor grid and stanchions over the keel structure and attaching the stanchions to the keel structure; obtaining a full fuselage contour including locating lower panels on the floor grid while using the cradle, the floor grid, and the keel structure to support the lower panels, and locating upper panels on the lower panels; and fastening the lower panels to the keel structure and the upper panels. The fuselage is assembled upright from the keel structure without changing orientation of the fuselage.