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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.:

US 9758232 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Sep. 12, 2017

Filed:

Mar. 06, 2014

System and method for interconnecting composite structures

Applicant:

Airbus Operations Gmbh, Hamburg, DE;

Inventors:

Memis Tiryaki, Jork, DE;

Ulrich Bieling, Stade, DE;

Assignee:

Airbus Operations GmbH, Hamburg, DE;

Attorney:

Greer, Burns & Crain, Ltd.

Primary Examiner:

Matthieu F Setliff

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 1/00 (2006.01); B29C 65/48 (2006.01); B29C 65/56 (2006.01); B29C 65/00 (2006.01); B64F 5/10 (2017.01); B64C 1/06 (2006.01); B29L 31/30 (2006.01); F16B 5/00 (2006.01); F16B 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 1/00 (2013.01); B29C 65/48 (2013.01); B29C 65/562 (2013.01); B29C 66/1142 (2013.01); B29C 66/5241 (2013.01); B29C 66/721 (2013.01); B29C 66/72141 (2013.01); B29C 66/742 (2013.01); B64F 5/10 (2017.01); B29C 66/7212 (2013.01); B29L 2031/3082 (2013.01); B64C 1/064 (2013.01); B64C 2001/0072 (2013.01); F16B 5/0004 (2013.01); F16B 11/006 (2013.01); Y02T 50/433 (2013.01); Y10T 29/49622 (2015.01); Y10T 403/4966 (2015.01);
Abstract

A system for interconnecting components in a vehicle body structure, and especially for interconnecting fiber-reinforced composite components in a fuselage structure of an aircraft. The system includes a first adapter member, a second adapter member and a connector member. The first adapter member has a first mating portion configured to substantially conform with a profile of a first component of the structure in more than one plane. A first attachment portion is connected to the first mating portion. The second adapter member has a second mating portion configured to substantially conform with a profile of a second component of the structure in more than one plane. A second attachment portion is connected to the second mating portion. The connector member securely interconnects the first and second attachment portions of the first and second adapter members. A related method of interconnecting components in a vehicle body structure is also disclosed.

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