US 11,703,071 B2
Joint for an aircraft assembly
Andrew McMahon, Bristol (GB); Saif Rafique, Bristol (GB); Abishek Ramesh, Bristol (GB); Oliver Marks, Bristol (GB); Julien Laverne, Bristol (GB); Umberto Polimeno, Bristol (GB); John Hobday, Bristol (GB); Andrew Henstridge, Bristol (GB); Jöerg Schwickert, Bristol (GB); and Raul-Jose Gomez Vizcaino, Bristol (GB)
Assigned to AIRBUS OPERATIONS LIMITED, Bristol (GB); AIRBUS OPERATIONS GmbH, Hamburg (DE); and AIRBUS OPERATIONS (SAS), Toulouse (FR)
Filed by AIRBUS OPERATIONS LIMITED, Bristol (GB); AIRBUS OPERATIONS GMBH, Hamburg (DE); and AIRBUS OPERATIONS SAS, Toulouse (FR)
Filed on Mar. 27, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/832,249.
Claims priority of application No. 1904353 (GB), filed on Mar. 28, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2020/0309174 A1, Oct. 1, 2020
Int. Cl. F16B 5/02 (2006.01); B64C 1/06 (2006.01); F16B 11/00 (2006.01); B64C 1/26 (2006.01)
CPC F16B 5/025 (2013.01) [B64C 1/069 (2013.01); F16B 11/008 (2013.01); B64C 1/26 (2013.01)] 28 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An assembly-ready joint for an aircraft assembly comprising:
a first joint part comprising a spigot;
a second joint part comprising a housing and a floating socket in an interior of the housing;
wherein the floating socket defines a sleeve with a spigot-receiving bore extending through the sleeve;
wherein the second joint part is arranged to be brought together with the first joint part having the spigot such that the spigot is inserted in the spigot-receiving bore to align the spigot with the sleeve; and to receive a curable medium in the interior of the housing to contact between the housing and the floating socket.