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- Patent Title: Method for manufacturing a rear section of an aircraft and aircraft rear section manufactured by said method
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Application No.: US16440317Application Date: 2019-06-13
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Publication No.: US11377190B2Publication Date: 2022-07-05
- Inventor: Esteban Martino-Gonzalez , Alberto Arana Hidalgo , Melania Sanchez Perez , Carlos Garcia Nieto , Jesus Javier Vazquez Castro , Edouard Menard , Fernando Iniesta Lozano , Maria Almudena Canas Rios
- Applicant: AIRBUS OPERATIONS S.L.
- Applicant Address: ES Madrid
- Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS S.L.
- Current Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS S.L.
- Current Assignee Address: ES Madrid
- Agency: Nixon & Vanderhye P.C.
- Priority: EP18382441 20180619
- Main IPC: B64C1/06
- IPC: B64C1/06 ; B64F5/10 ; B64C1/12 ; B64C5/02

Abstract:
A method for manufacturing an aircraft rear section including a tail cone and a vertical tail plane, the method includes: providing pre-cured frames (1) each of which includes a section of the tail cone (2) and a section of the vertical tail plane (3); providing pre-cured stringers (4); placing the pre-cured stringers (4) each in respective positions within the pre-cured frames (1); placing a skin (5) around an external surface of the pre-cured frames (1); and curing the pre-cured frames (1), the pre-cured stringers (4), and the skin (5), forming the final aircraft rear section.
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