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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 07, 2016
Filed:
Oct. 05, 2012
Applicant:
Airbus Operations Gmbh, Hamburg, DE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Airbus Operations GmbH, , DE;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23K 37/02 (2006.01); B23K 20/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B23K 37/0217 (2013.01); B23K 20/122 (2013.01); B23K 37/0211 (2013.01);
Abstract
A movable joining device for connecting structural components of an aircraft, with joining means moveably arranged on a guiding device situated on the outside of the structural components so as to fixedly connect joining edges of the structural components positioned adjacent to each other, wherein the joining means includes a welding unit that can move on the rail-like guiding device, and is equipped with a special so-called bobbin tool as a tool for friction stir welding.