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Method for repairing an aircraft fuselage

US9382018B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateDec 9, 2010
Grant dateJul 5, 2016
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Expiry dateAug 2, 2031

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  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T29/49748
  • WIPO fieldOther special machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A method for repairing damage to the coating of an aircraft fuselage, the coating being made of fiber-reinforced composite material. This method comprising making a cut-out in the fuselage with a substantially parallelepipedal outline around the damage and drilling a circular hole substantially centered on the intersection of the sides of the outline of the parallelepiped of the cut-out at each of the corners of the outline before the cutting out operation.

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