Method for coupling stiffening profile elements and structural component

US8715808B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• AIRBUS OPERATIONS LIMITED · DE

Inventors

• Thorsten Roming · Himmelpforten, DE
• Thorsten Schroeer · Buxtehude, DE
• Hauke Kirstein · Hamburg, DE
• Hinnik Gensch · Hamburg, DE
• Stefan Tacke · Buxtehude, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 19, 2008
• Grant date: May 6, 2014
• Expiry date: Oct 28, 2030

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T428/249923
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

This invention provides a coupling method for coupling a first and a second stiffening profile element for an outer skin of an aircraft or space craft. In a first step the stiffening profile elements are arranged on the outer skin in such a manner that the stiffening profile elements oppose each other with their respective front sides and enclose within themselves a cavity. Furthermore, a fixing hole is formed through a wall of at least one of the stiffening profile elements in the cavity inside a coupling zone of the stiffening profile element. An access opening is formed through the wall in the cavity along the coupling zone. A coupling strap, which couples the stiffening profile elements together, is fastened to the coupling zone by means of a fastening element guided through the fixing hole.