Rail system and method and system for mounting a component in an aircraft

US9174748B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• AIRBUS OPERATIONS LIMITED · DE

Inventors

• Sebastian Umlauft · Hamburg, DE
• Ralf Koblitz · Hamburg, DE
• Niklas Halfmann · Hamburg, DE
• Dieter Krause · Mainz, DE
• Christoph Blees · Hamburg, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 26, 2011
• Grant date: Nov 3, 2015
• Expiry date: Jan 25, 2032

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B64F5/50
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A rail system for use when assembling a component in an aircraft comprises a first rail element having a securing device which is designed to be complementary to a first securing device provided in the region of a floor of an aircraft fuselage element and is adapted to cooperate with the first securing device in order to releasably secure the first rail element in the region of the floor of the aircraft fuselage element, wherein a section of the first rail element projects beyond an edge of the floor of the aircraft fuselage element in the connected state of the first rail element and the aircraft fuselage element. The first rail element furthermore comprises a guide device, which is designed to be complementary to a first guide device provided on an assembly aid, which is to be introduced into the aircraft fuselage element, and is adapted to cooperate with the first guide device to enable a guided displacement of the assembly aid to be introduced into the aircraft fuselage element relative to the rail system. The rail system furthermore comprises a second rail element having a securing device which is designed to be complementary to a second securing device provided in the region …