Device and method for assembling two shell elements made from a composite material

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8777509
APP PUB NO 20130142565A1
SERIAL NO

13724651

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A device and method for assembling two structural elements made from a composite material is provided. The device includes two cylindrical flanged receptacles, each pierced by an aperture perpendicular to the axis of the cylinder, and a shaft that can be introduced into said apertures. The device also includes bearing means, which bear on the interior surfaces of the cylindrical receptacles and can maintain tension in the shaft when the shaft extends through the apertures in the two receptacles. The device includes means of placing the shaft under tension.

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  • AIRBUS OPERATIONS SAS

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Couffignal, Jean-Pierre Blagnac, FR 2 3
Mauran, Guy Colomiers, FR 3 22
Vinches, Frederic Larra, FR 5 19

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