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Patent No.:

US 9314875 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Apr. 19, 2016

Filed:

May. 15, 2008

Method for producing a composite skin in the field of aeronautics and astronautics

Applicant:

Andreas Stephan, Stade, DE;

Inventor:

Andreas Stephan, Stade, DE;

Assignee:

AIRBUS Operations GmbH, Hamburg, DE;

Attorney:

Fenwick & West LLP

Primary Examiner:

Essama Omgba

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23P 11/00 (2006.01); B21D 53/88 (2006.01); B23K 26/24 (2014.01); B21J 15/00 (2006.01); B21J 15/14 (2006.01); B23K 15/00 (2006.01); B23K 20/12 (2006.01); B23K 26/26 (2014.01); B64C 1/06 (2006.01); B64C 1/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B23K 26/24 (2013.01); B21J 15/00 (2013.01); B21J 15/142 (2013.01); B23K 15/0006 (2013.01); B23K 20/122 (2013.01); B23K 26/26 (2013.01); B23K 2201/18 (2013.01); B23K 2203/10 (2013.01); B64C 1/069 (2013.01); B64C 1/12 (2013.01); Y02T 50/433 (2013.01); Y10T 29/49966 (2015.01); Y10T 29/49968 (2015.01); Y10T 428/12 (2015.01);
Abstract

A composite skin for the aeronautics and astronautics industries, and also a method for producing a composite skin of this type is provided. The method comprises the following method steps: removing excess material from a butt plate to form a butt strap at one end thereof, subsequently connecting the other end of the butt plate to a skin plate with a substance-to-substance bond, and then fastening a further skin plate to the butt strap to form the composite skin. The idea behind the invention involves replacing a rivet connection with a substance-to-substance bond. This provides the advantage that the weight of the composite skin and the production costs for the composite skin are reduced.

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