Invention Application
- Patent Title: ALIGNMENT SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MOVING FUSELAGE STRUCTURES OF AN AEROSPACE VEHICLE INTO ASSEMBLY ALIGNMENT
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Application No.: US15723471Application Date: 2017-10-03
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Publication No.: US20190100333A1Publication Date: 2019-04-04
- Inventor: Jake A. Wilson , Craig A. Charlton , Andrew M. Huckey , Mark E. Nestleroad
- Applicant: The Boeing Company
- Applicant Address: US IL Chicago
- Assignee: The Boeing Company
- Current Assignee: The Boeing Company
- Current Assignee Address: US IL Chicago
- Main IPC: B64F5/10
- IPC: B64F5/10 ; B64C1/06 ; B23P19/10 ; B25J13/08

Abstract:
A system for moving first and second fuselage structures into assembly alignment, the system including a first transmitter indexed to a first seat track of the first fuselage structure, a first reflector target indexed to a first seat track of the second fuselage structure, a second transmitter indexed to a second seat track of the first fuselage structure, a second reflector target indexed to a second seat track of the second fuselage structure, wherein the first and second transmitters and the first and second reflector targets cooperate to provide first and second measurements indicative of position of the first fuselage structure relative to the second fuselage structure, and a manipulator system including at least one assembly actuator coupled to the first fuselage structure to move the first fuselage structure into assembly alignment with the second fuselage structure based upon the first and second measurements.
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