System for assembling aircraft

Details System for assembling aircraft System for assembling aircraft

2011-08-23

2011-08-23

Decady, Albert (Department: 2121)

Data processing: generic control systems or specific application

Specific application, apparatus or process

Product assembly or manufacturing

C700S060000, C029S407100, C703S008000

Reexamination Certificate

active

08005563

ABSTRACT:
A system automatically moves large scale components of a vehicle such as an airplane, into final assembly alignment. A noncontact measurement system determines the locations of aerodynamically significant features on each of the components. The measured locations of the components are used to control an automated jacking system that includes assembly jacks for individually moving the components into assembly alignment. A system is provided for calculating the cruise configuration of the vehicle “as-built” and for transferring the cruise configuration into the vehicle where it is recorded in the form of a physical monument.

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patent: 7869895 (2011-01-01), Jones
patent: 2003/0090682 (2003-05-01), Gooch et al.

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