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Method of installing a fixture and associated apparatus

US10596627B2 · kind B2 · utility

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16Claims

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Assignee

AIRBUS OPERATIONS LIMITED · DE

Inventors

Robert Alexander Goehlich · Hamburg, DE
Daisuke Hirabayashi · Kawagoe, JP
Hikaru Hoshi · Yokohama, JP

Key dates

Filing date	Feb 24, 2017
Grant date	Mar 24, 2020
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 26, 2037

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY02P10/25
WIPO fieldOther special machines
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A method of installing a fixture or bracket in a fuselage structure of an aircraft or spacecraft. The method includes arranging an apparatus in, on or adjacent the structure, pre-treating a surface region of the structure by heat ablation using the apparatus and forming the fixture in situ on the structure at the pre-treated surface region using the apparatus based on a digital model of the fixture. The fixture is installed by connecting the fixture to the structure at the pre-treated surface region as the fixture is formed.

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