US 12,187,445 B2
Guide systems for installing aircraft structures
Luke D. Torjesen, Brier, WA (US); Reed Daniel Wilson, Tukwilla, WA (US); August W. McKenna, Everett, WA (US); James R. Schnelz, Seattle, WA (US); Peter Albert Madakson, Seattle, WA (US); Richard Eugene Noble, Bothell, WA (US); Scott Thomas Olson, Kenmore, WA (US); Daniel W. Stewart, Renton, WA (US); Raymond Helgeson, Kirkland, WA (US); and Frederick Zimmer, Seattle, WA (US)
Assigned to The Boeing Company, Arlington, VA (US)
Filed by The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US)
Filed on Mar. 29, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/707,647.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/168,812, filed on Mar. 31, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0315234 A1, Oct. 6, 2022
Int. Cl. B64D 29/06 (2006.01); B64D 29/08 (2006.01); F02K 1/70 (2006.01); F02K 1/80 (2006.01)
CPC B64D 29/06 (2013.01) [B64D 29/08 (2013.01); F02K 1/70 (2013.01); F02K 1/80 (2013.01); F05D 2220/323 (2013.01); F05D 2230/72 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus comprising:
a first hinge component of a first aircraft structure, the first aircraft structure including a pylon;
a first guide structured to be supported by the first hinge component;
a second hinge component of a second aircraft structure, the second aircraft structure including a thrust reverser section; and
a second guide structured to be supported by the second hinge component, the first guide to engage the second guide when the second aircraft structure is at an installation angle relative to the first aircraft structure and the first hinge component is decoupled from the second hinge component, the first guide and the second guide to enable rotational movement between of the first aircraft structure and the second aircraft structure to move the second aircraft structure to an installed position with the first aircraft structure, the first guide to decouple from the second guide when the first hinge component is coupled to the second hinge component.