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Patent No.:

US 9381699 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Jul. 05, 2016

Filed:

Sep. 09, 2013

Method and a device for bonding a metal fairing to the leading edge of an airfoil

Applicant:

Airbus Helicopters, Marignane, FR;

Inventors:

Patrick Boschet, Montigny le Bretonneux, FR;

Thomas Navarre, Paris, FR;

Bruno Lorcet, Les Ulis, FR;

Assignee:

Airbus Helicopters, Marignane, FR;

Attorney:

Brooks Kushman P.C.

Primary Examiner:

Dana Ross

Assistant Examiner:

Ket D Dang

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 65/00 (2006.01); B23K 13/01 (2006.01); G01K 3/00 (2006.01); B32B 9/00 (2006.01); B29C 65/46 (2006.01); B64C 27/473 (2006.01); C09J 5/06 (2006.01); H05B 6/10 (2006.01); B29C 65/48 (2006.01); B29L 31/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 65/46 (2013.01); B29C 65/4835 (2013.01); B29C 66/742 (2013.01); B29C 66/80 (2013.01); B29C 66/8161 (2013.01); B29C 66/8284 (2013.01); B29C 66/91411 (2013.01); B29C 66/91443 (2013.01); B29C 66/91445 (2013.01); B29C 66/91651 (2013.01); B29C 66/91951 (2013.01); B29C 66/9241 (2013.01); B29C 66/92211 (2013.01); B64C 27/473 (2013.01); C09J 5/06 (2013.01); H05B 6/105 (2013.01); B29C 66/324 (2013.01); B29C 66/721 (2013.01); B29C 66/81821 (2013.01); B29C 66/919 (2013.01); B29C 66/91655 (2013.01); B29C 66/949 (2013.01); B29C 66/961 (2013.01); B29L 2031/082 (2013.01); C09J 2400/163 (2013.01); Y10T 156/1089 (2015.01);
Abstract

The present invention relates to a method and to a device () for bonding a metal fairing () to protect a leading edge of an aircraft airfoil (), said metal fairing () being designed to be bonded against said airfoil () with the help of an adhesive (). The bonding device () is remarkable in that it includes a rigid yoke () having inserted therein induction heater means () for heating said metal fairing ().

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