US 12,304,659 B2
System for handling a side shell of an aircraft with a view to assembling a fuselage barrel of the aircraft and method for assembling a fuselage barrel of an aircraft
Jean-Marc Datas, Toulouse (FR); Thomas Cartereau, Toulouse (FR); Jacques Bouriquet, Toulouse (FR); André Aquila, Blagnac (FR); Nicolas Darbonville, Blagnac (FR); Thomas Autret, Blagnac (FR); Joël Barboule, Toulouse (FR); Sébastien Bayonne, Toulouse (FR); Patrick Guerin, Toulouse (FR); and Sjoerd Van Der Veen, Toulouse (FR)
Assigned to AIRBUS OPERATIONS (S.A.S.), Toulouse (FR)
Filed by AIRBUS OPERATIONS (S.A.S.), Toulouse (FR)
Filed on Jul. 24, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/357,779.
Claims priority of application No. 2207614 (FR), filed on Jul. 25, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0025561 A1, Jan. 25, 2024
Int. Cl. B64F 5/10 (2017.01); B64C 1/06 (2006.01)
CPC B64F 5/10 (2017.01) [B64C 1/068 (2013.01)] 23 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A handling system configured for handling a side shell of an aircraft with a view to assembling a fuselage barrel of the aircraft, the side shell is configured for assembly at least with a lower shell of the aircraft and an upper shell, the fuselage barrel after assembly being associated with an orthogonal reference system (R) defined by an axis X parallel to a longitudinal axis (L1) of the fuselage barrel, a horizontal axis Y and a vertical axis Z, wherein it comprises at least two fixing devices per side shell, each of the fixing devices being configured to be fixed to a longitudinal end of the side shell, each of the fixing devices having a fixing part, a fixing support and a first elastic element;
wherein the fixing part is configured to be fixed on an outer surface (E) of the side shell;
wherein the fixing support is configured to be mounted on a supporting device of an assembly platform, the fixing support is configured such that the fixing part and the first elastic element are movable in translation, in a plane comprising the axis X and the axis Y, in relation to the supporting device on which the fixing support is configured to be mounted;
wherein the first elastic element being fixed to the fixing part and to the fixing support, the first elastic element being configured to allow a displacement of the fixing part in relation to the supporting device along an axis parallel to the axis Z about a nominal position, the first elastic element having a predetermined stiffness such that the displacement of the fixing part has a predetermined displacement amplitude about the nominal position of the fixing part in relation to the fixing support.