Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Aircraft airframe assembly
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Application No.: US15305029Application Date: 2015-04-13
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Publication No.: US09889949B2Publication Date: 2018-02-13
- Inventor: Andrew Peter Cookson
- Applicant: BAE Systems plc
- Applicant Address: GB London
- Assignee: BAE Systems plc
- Current Assignee: BAE Systems plc
- Current Assignee Address: GB London
- Agency: Maine Cernota & Rardin
- Priority: EP14275090 20140424; GB1407182.3 20140424; GB1500946.7 20150120
- International Application: PCT/GB2015/051111 WO 20150413
- International Announcement: WO2015/162407 WO 20151029
- Main IPC: B23P19/04
- IPC: B23P19/04 ; B64F5/10 ; G05B19/402 ; G05B19/4099

Abstract:
A method of producing an assembly tool (60) for assembling an assembly (6), the method comprising: providing at least a portion of a jig frame (62); fixing support plates (65) to the jig frame (62); machining the one or more support plates (65) such that a surface of each of the support plates (65) lies in a common plane (130); positioning the jig frame (62) such that the machined surfaces of the support plates (65) contact with a supporting surface (138); fixing pickup device mounting plates (140a, 140b) to the jig frame (62); machining, with respect to the supporting surface (138), the pickup device mounting plates (140a, 140b) such that a surface of each mounting plate (140a, 40b) has a respective predetermined position and orientation with respect to the supporting surface (138); and fixing, to the machined surfaces of the mounting plates (140a, 140b), a respective pickup device (66-72).
Public/Granted literature
- US20170174364A1 AIRCRAFT AIRFRAME ASSEMBLY Public/Granted day:2017-06-22
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