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Wing panel assembly system and method

US11485519B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

The Boeing Company · US

Inventors

Dennis Michael Weller · Camano, US
Thomas Wittenberg · Erlangen, DE
Manuel Torres Martinez · Pamplona, ES

Key dates

Filing date	Jul 12, 2018
Grant date	Nov 1, 2022
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 19, 2038

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB64C3/26
WIPO fieldTransport
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A wing panel assembly system includes a wing build station, a stringer staging station, and an overhead gantry sub-system including stringer lifting assemblies having lifting mechanisms and end effectors. The end effector has a stringer holder engaging and holding a stringer. The end effector has an actuator operable to move the stringer holder in at least one direction relative to the lifting mechanism. Each stringer lifting assembly is configured to move the stringer from the stringer staging station to the wing build station located relative to a surface of a skin of the wing panel to place the stringer onto the skin of the wing panel in a determined location.

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