Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Cradle system for shaping fuselage sections
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Application No.: US14489101Application Date: 2014-09-17
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Publication No.: US11273930B2Publication Date: 2022-03-15
- Inventor: Jeffrey H. Hunt , Stephen A. Walls , David Arthur Whelan , Bentley Edwin Northon , Robert Roland Keever , Jacklyn Ann Holmes , Ordie Dean Butterfield , Grant Joseph Atkinson , Jonathan Kenji Brown , Glenn Scott Bushnell
- Applicant: The Boeing Company
- Applicant Address: US IL Chicago
- Assignee: The Boeing Company
- Current Assignee: The Boeing Company
- Current Assignee Address: US IL Chicago
- Agency: Yee & Associates, P.C.
- Main IPC: B64F5/10
- IPC: B64F5/10
Abstract:
A method and apparatus for shaping fuselage sections. A first fuselage section is held in a holding structure in a cradle in a cradle system. Force are applied to the first fuselage section with an actuator system to a portion of the first fuselage section such that a first current shape of the first fuselage section changes towards a first desired shape for the first fuselage section to join the first the fuselage section to a second fuselage section.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160075450A1 Cradle System for Shaping Fuselage Sections Public/Granted day:2016-03-17
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