Aircraft Skin Alignment System and Method with Edge Indexing

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United States of America Patent

APP PUB NO 20240239517A1
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18413903

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An aircraft skin alignment system includes a support structure to support one or more aircraft skins, a puller tool, and a clamp tool; the puller tool having a base, the base supporting a holding mechanism to releasably engage with a first aircraft skin and a pulling mechanism to apply a pulling force to the first aircraft skin when the first aircraft skin is engaged with the holding mechanism; and the clamp tool having a body supporting an edge locator; the puller tool is to pull the first aircraft skin such that a first edge of the aircraft skin abuts the edge locator, the edge locator preventing the first edge from being pulled past the edge locator; and tool holes can be drilled into the first aircraft skin such that the tool holes are aligned based on an edge index due to a position of the edge locator.

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TEXTRON AVIATION INCONE CESSNA BOULEVARD WICHITA KS 67215

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Heick, Royce Goddard, US 3 0
Miller, Clark Ray Wichita, US 4 64
Richardson, William Conway Springs, US 24 110
Shirley, Aaron Paul Wichita, US 3 1
Short, Jason Wichita, US 24 908

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