Method for repairing an aircraft structure component
US9382017B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 6, 2011 |
| Grant date | Jul 5, 2016 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 18, 2034 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T29/49723
- WIPO fieldOther special machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A method is provided for repairing an aircraft structural component which has a component fault in a portion adjoining a cavity of the aircraft structural component. The method includes removing a region of the aircraft structural component that has the component fault, introducing a bearing element into the cavity of the aircraft structural component through an opening, which has been formed in the aircraft structural component by the removal of the region of the aircraft structural component having the component fault, in such a way that a bearing surface of the bearing element comes to lie against a region, adjacent to the opening, of an inner surface of the aircraft structural component facing the cavity of the aircraft structural component, fixing the bearing element in its position in the cavity of the aircraft structural component, and closing the opening by means of a repair material.
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