公开(公告)号：US12122535B2

公开(公告)日：2024-10-22

申请号：US17306652

申请日：2021-05-03

Applicant: Bell Textron Inc.

Inventor： Alvin Jones ,  Vitthal Vishnuthreeth Arakeri ,  Kevin Knott

IPC: B64F5/50 ,  B64C25/34 ,  B64C25/52 ,  B66F5/02

CPC classification number: B64F5/50 ,  B66F5/02 ,  B64C25/34 ,  B64C25/52

Abstract: An exemplary aircraft transport jack includes a vertical structure having a vertical axis, a bottom end, and a top end, a connector above the bottom end operable to detachably secure the vertical structure to an aircraft member, a wheel assembly with wheels positioned on opposing sides of the vertical structure, and an actuator coupled to the vertical structure and the wheel assembly and operable to move the wheel assembly axially relative to the vertical structure between a lowered position with the wheels on a ground and a raised position with the bottom end on the ground and the wheels above the ground.

公开(公告)号：US12111203B2

公开(公告)日：2024-10-08

申请号：US17248256

申请日：2021-01-15

Applicant: Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation

Inventor： Patrick Leonard ,  Frank McDonough ,  Matthew Hansen ,  Paul Ashburn

IPC: G01G19/07 ,  B64F5/50 ,  B66F3/00 ,  B66F3/08 ,  G01G19/52

CPC classification number: G01G19/07 ,  B64F5/50 ,  G01G19/52 ,  B66F3/00 ,  B66F3/08

Abstract: An aircraft lifting assembly includes a jack, a load cell, and a jack adapter. The jack includes an extendable arm having a distal end portion for exerting a force to lift an object. The distal end portion defines a cavity. The jack adapter couples the extendable arm to the load cell and includes a base portion, a cradle portion, and a projection. The base portion defines a jack arm support surface and a load cell support surface. The jack arm support surface opposes the distal end portion of the extendable arm and the load cell support surface opposes the load cell. The cradle portion extends from the base portion to circumscribe a portion of the load cell to secure the jack adapter to the load cell. The projection extends from the base portion into the cavity to secure the jack adapter to the extendable arm of the jack.

公开(公告)号：US20240286766A1

公开(公告)日：2024-08-29

申请号：US18585746

申请日：2024-02-23

Applicant: AIRBUS OPERATIONS LIMITED ,  THE MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY CENTRE LIMITED

Inventor： Ian MOORE ,  Dan EDWARDS

IPC: B64F5/50 ,  B23B35/00 ,  G05D3/12

CPC classification number: B64F5/50 ,  B23B35/00 ,  G05D3/12

Abstract: An automated self-aligning system is disclosed including a first robot arm attached to a clamping end effector including clamp jaws for clamping either side of a workpiece and with an aperture in one of the clamp jaws. A second robot arm is attached to a tooling end effector including a tool module carrying a tool. The tool module is insertable into the aperture and the tool is adapted to perform an operation on the workpiece. The second robot arm is arranged to move the tool module so as to move the tool module in a direction of insertion so as to insert the tool module into the aperture. A load sensor coupled to the tooling end effector and is arranged to determine a load in the direction of insertion of the tool module. The tooling end effector is further arranged to move the tool module with respect to the second robot arm in a plurality of degrees of freedom different than the insertion direction.

公开(公告)号：US20240239516A1

公开(公告)日：2024-07-18

申请号：US18413838

申请日：2024-01-16

Applicant: Airbus Operations Limited

Inventor： Robin Hardi

IPC: B64F5/10 ,  B64F5/50

CPC classification number: B64F5/10 ,  B64F5/50

Abstract: An aircraft sub-assembly manufacturing system is arranged over multiple floors of a manufacturing facility. A production line of workstations is provided at locations at both a first floor and a second floor of the facility, each of the workstations being arranged for providing manufacturing steps for the aircraft sub-assembly. Elevator apparatus is arranged to transport the assembled aircraft sub-assembly between the first floor and the second floor of the facility.

公开(公告)号：US20240199235A1

公开(公告)日：2024-06-20

申请号：US18545303

申请日：2023-12-19

Applicant: Airbus Operations GmbH ,  Airbus Operations SAS

Inventor： Swetha GOTTUMUKKALA ,  Jens LOHMAR ,  Matthias HEGENBART ,  Hermann BENTHIEN ,  Zoltan CZUDAR ,  Vivien LEISING ,  Sara ABSHAGEN ,  Andre ZYBALA

IPC: B64F5/50 ,  B64F5/10

CPC classification number: B64F5/50 ,  B64F5/10

Abstract: A structure system for installation into a fuselage structure in an interior of an aircraft. The system has a first carrier element, a second carrier element, an elongate frame element having a first end and a second end, a first attachment device for attaching the first carrier element to the fuselage structure or to an element coupled with the fuselage structure, a first coupling device mounted to the first end for coupling the first carrier element to the frame element, and a second coupling device mounted to the second end for coupling the second carrier element to the frame element. The frame element holds a component to be installed in the interior. The first carrier element couples with the first coupling device, the second carrier element couples with the second coupling device, and one of the coupling devices snaps into the respective carrier element.

公开(公告)号：US11905038B2

公开(公告)日：2024-02-20

申请号：US17454281

申请日：2021-11-10

Applicant: The Boeing Company

Inventor： Daniel R. Smith ,  Darrell D. Jones

IPC: B64F5/10 ,  B64F5/50 ,  B64C1/06 ,  B29C65/08 ,  B29L31/30 ,  B64C1/00

CPC classification number: B64F5/10 ,  B29C65/087 ,  B64C1/068 ,  B64F5/50 ,  B29L2031/3082 ,  B64C2001/0072

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for assembling a section of a fuselage of an aircraft. The method includes pulsing a half barrel section of the fuselage along a track in a process direction, utilizing an indexing feature associated with the half barrel section to determine a desired contour for a portion of the half barrel section, and enforcing the desired contour onto the half barrel section using components that enforce an inner mold line and components that enforce an outer mold line when the half barrel section is out of tolerance from the desired contour.

公开(公告)号：US11897633B2

公开(公告)日：2024-02-13

申请号：US17620749

申请日：2020-05-26

Applicant: HUBTEX MASCHINENBAU GMBH & CO. KG ,  DIMOS MASCHINENBAU GMBH

Inventor： Alfred Schuetz ,  Pascal Schuetz ,  Juergen Keller

IPC: B64F5/40 ,  B64F5/50 ,  B60P3/14 ,  B66F9/075

CPC classification number: B64F5/40 ,  B60P3/14 ,  B64F5/50 ,  B66F9/07563

Abstract: A system for providing maintenance and repair units for maintenance work on an aircraft includes a maintenance and repair unit having a frame structure which carries equipment and which is transportable, and a transport vehicle having a lifting device which can raise, set down, and transport the maintenance and repair unit.

公开(公告)号：US20230364669A1

公开(公告)日：2023-11-16

申请号：US18356032

申请日：2023-07-20

Applicant: The Boeing Company

Inventor： Harinder S. Oberoi ,  Branko Sarh ,  Melissa Ann Findlay ,  Alan S. Draper ,  Jorge Alberto Arriaga ,  Richard Griffith Reese, IV ,  Alfredo Jose Gerosa ,  Kevin Marion Barrick ,  Michael J. Kozak ,  Quang T. Do ,  Jeffrey Lawrence Miller ,  Yuanxin Charles Hu

IPC: B21J15/28 ,  B64F5/10 ,  B21J15/02 ,  B21J15/10 ,  B21J15/14 ,  B60G3/14 ,  B25J5/00 ,  B29C65/70 ,  B25J9/16 ,  B25J11/00 ,  F16B19/06 ,  B23P19/10 ,  B60G7/00 ,  B21J15/32 ,  B21J15/40 ,  G05B19/418 ,  B25B5/16 ,  B29C39/12 ,  B29C39/22 ,  B64C1/06 ,  G05D1/00 ,  G05D3/12 ,  B29C45/14 ,  B29C39/02 ,  B29C39/10 ,  B64F5/50

CPC classification number: B21J15/28 ,  B64F5/10 ,  B21J15/02 ,  B21J15/10 ,  B21J15/142 ,  B60G3/145 ,  B25J5/007 ,  B29C65/70 ,  B25J9/1682 ,  B25J11/007 ,  F16B19/06 ,  B23P19/10 ,  B25J9/1687 ,  B25J9/1697 ,  B25J11/005 ,  B60G7/001 ,  B60G7/008 ,  B21J15/32 ,  B21J15/40 ,  G05B19/41805 ,  B25B5/163 ,  B29C39/123 ,  B29C39/22 ,  B64C1/06 ,  G05D1/0088 ,  G05D3/12 ,  B29C45/14336 ,  B29C39/026 ,  B29C39/10 ,  B64F5/50 ,  B23P2700/00 ,  B23P21/002

Abstract: A method and apparatus for building a fuselage assembly for an aircraft. A number of fixtures may be drive across a floor to an assembly area to form an assembly fixture. The fuselage assembly may be built on the assembly fixture.

公开(公告)号：US11807397B2

公开(公告)日：2023-11-07

申请号：US17724278

申请日：2022-04-19

Applicant: The Boeing Company

Inventor： Joseph D. Anderson ,  Don Russell ,  Matthew B. Moore ,  Jason Warner ,  David Jon Herman ,  Patrick B. Stone ,  Michael David Collier, Sr.

IPC: B64F5/10 ,  B64F5/50

CPC classification number: B64F5/10 ,  B64F5/50 ,  B64C2211/00

Abstract: Methods and systems for assembling containerized aircraft as complete aircraft. The methods comprise removing aircraft components from shipping container(s), unloading the aircraft components from shipping fixture(s), removing tooling comprising aircraft component positioning structure(s) from the shipping container(s), loading aircraft component(s) onto aircraft component positioning structure(s), positioning the aircraft components in aircraft component installation positions, positioning the aircraft component(s) using the aircraft component positioning structure(s), and attaching the aircraft components to assemble the complete aircraft. The systems comprise aircraft components configured to be loaded into shipping container(s) in a shipping arrangement, unloaded from the shipping arrangement and attached to at least one other aircraft component to assemble the complete aircraft; shipping fixture(s) configured to support the aircraft components in the shipping arrangement, and tooling configured to facilitate assembly of the aircraft components and comprising aircraft component positioning structure(s) configured to position aircraft component(s) in aircraft component installation position(s).

公开(公告)号：US11807395B2

公开(公告)日：2023-11-07

申请号：US17454277

申请日：2021-11-10

Applicant: The Boeing Company

Inventor： Daniel R. Smith ,  Darrell D. Jones ,  Frederick M. Swanstrom ,  Monte D. Wright

IPC: B64F5/10 ,  B64F5/50 ,  B29C70/34 ,  B29C70/54 ,  B29L31/30

CPC classification number: B64F5/10 ,  B29C70/342 ,  B29C70/545 ,  B64F5/50 ,  B29L2031/3085

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for fabricating a wing panel. Methods include aligning a strongback over a wing panel, vacuum attaching a wing panel surface and pogos extending beneath the strongback, and adjusting the length of pogos to enforce a contour to the wing panel. Systems include a strongback to extend over a wing panel, adjustable-length pogos extending beneath the strongback, and vacuum couplers to attach to a wing panel surface. Other systems include a track, work stations along the track, a strongback to extend over the wing panel and move along the track, adjustable-length pogos extending beneath the strongback, and vacuum couplers to attach to a wing panel surface. Apparatus includes a shuttle having adapters that mate the shuttle with a track, adjustable-length carriers with vacuum couplers to couple with a wing panel surface, and indexing units that interact with indexing features in a manufacturing excess of the wing panel.