US 11,787,125 B2
Method and system for connecting two components
Wolfgang Schulze, Hamburg (DE); and Martin Eberle, Hamburg (DE)
Assigned to Airbus Operations GmbH, Hamburg (DE)
Filed by Airbus Operations GmbH, Hamburg (DE)
Filed on Oct. 17, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/655,368.
Claims priority of application No. 102018125979.4 (DE), filed on Oct. 19, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2020/0122411 A1, Apr. 23, 2020
Int. Cl. B29C 65/00 (2006.01); B29C 65/48 (2006.01); B29L 31/30 (2006.01)
CPC B29C 66/721 (2013.01) [B29C 65/48 (2013.01); B29C 66/81455 (2013.01); B29L 2031/3076 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for connecting two components, comprising the steps:
arranging a first component on a tool surface,
arranging a second component, which comprises a cutout, on the first component, wherein an adhesive is between the first component and the second component,
placing an auxiliary body covering the cutout onto the second component,
covering the second component, the auxiliary body and at least one closure region of the first component with a vacuum film such that the vacuum film directly contacts each of the second component, the auxiliary body, and the first component, wherein the at least one closure region surrounds the second component,
evacuating a space surrounded by the first component and the vacuum film with a pressure of less than 1.0 bar,
hardening the adhesive without an autoclave, and
removing the vacuum film once the adhesive has hardened,
wherein the second component comprises a flange which protrudes perpendicularly to a body of the second component, and the auxiliary body is placed onto the flange.