Installation for making a fuselage portion of an aircraft

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9610738-B2
Application number	US-201013321644-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 25, 2010
Priority date	May 27, 2009
Publication date	Apr 4, 2017
Grant date	Apr 4, 2017

Abstract

In the method of making an aircraft a mandrel is caused to pass through frames carried by a magazine; and as it passes through, the frames are transferred onto the mandrel.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A method of making an aerodyne, the method comprising:
providing at least one magazine carrying individual frames; and
causing at least one mandrel to pass through each of the individual frames carried by the at least one magazine, the at least one magazine having an opening that receives the individual frames, and the individual frames being transferred from the at least one magazine onto the at least one mandrel as the at least one mandrel passes through the individual frames,
wherein a fuselage of the aerodyne comprises the individual frames, and
wherein transfer is performed such that the individual frames present a mutual spacing on the at least one mandrel that is greater than a mutual spacing in the at least one magazine.

2. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:
putting the at least one magazine, which is filled with the individual frames, into place; and
causing, with the at least one magazine stationary, the at least one mandrel to pass through the individual frames.

3. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising causing the at least one mandrel to pass through the at least one magazine.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the mutual spacing of the individual frames on the at least one mandrel is equal to a final spacing of the individual frames in the aerodyne.

5. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:
causing two mandrels to pass through individual frames carried by two respective magazines by moving the mandrels towards each other,
wherein the mandrels are fastened to one another by being constrained in rotation.

6. The method according to claim 1 , wherein at least one skin is fitted onto the frames.

7. A method of making an aerodyne, the method comprising:
providing at least one magazine carrying individual frames;
passing at least one mandrel through each of the individual frames carried by the at least one magazine, the individual frames being transferred from the at least one magazine onto the at least one mandrel as the at least one mandrel passes through the individual frames; and
removing the at least one mandrel from the individual frames,
wherein a fuselage of the aerodyne comprises the individual frames, and
wherein transfer is performed such that the individual frames present a mutual spacing on the at least one mandrel that is greater than a mutual spacing in the at least one magazine.

8. A method of making an aerodyne, the method comprising:
providing at least one magazine carrying individual frames;
passing at least one mandrel through the at least one magazine that carries the individual frames; and
transferring the individual frames from the at least one magazine onto a portion of the at least one mandrel within an opening of the at least one magazine as the at least one mandrel passes through the at least one magazine,
wherein a fuselage of the aerodyne comprises the individual frames, and
wherein transfer is performed such that the individual frames present a mutual spacing on the at least one mandrel that is greater than a mutual spacing in the at least one magazine.

Assignees

• Gallant Guillaume
• Delahaye Romain
• Airbus Operations Sas

Inventors

• Gallant Guillaume
• Delahaye Romain

Classifications

• B64C1/061

  Frames · CPC title

• Y10T29/53478

  with magazine supply · CPC title

• B64C1/12

  Construction or attachment of skin panels · CPC title

• B64C2001/0072

  from composite materials · CPC title

• B64F5/0036

  Operations & Transport · mapped topic