US 12,454,104 B2
Assembly jig for a cellular structure, assembly device comprising said jig, and method for manufacturing a cellular structure using said jig
Florian Ravise, Toulouse (FR); Maxime Gauthier, Toulouse (FR); and Manuel Teigne, Toulouse (FR)
Assigned to Airbus Operations SAS, Toulouse (FR)
Filed by Airbus Operations SAS, Toulouse (FR)
Filed on Dec. 5, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/075,293.
Claims priority of application No. 2113039 (FR), filed on Dec. 7, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0173766 A1, Jun. 8, 2023
Int. Cl. B29C 65/72 (2006.01); B29C 65/00 (2006.01)
CPC B29C 66/438 (2013.01) [B29C 65/72 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An assembly jig for a cellular structure, the cellular structure comprising:
first and second faces, and
a plurality of rows of cells,
each row of cells comprising two strips of material placed adjacent to each other, each strip of material having hollow shapes and junction areas arranged so as to form, when the strips of material are joined, first cells, each first cell having a first opening that opens on the first face and a cross section that increases toward the first face, and second cells, each second cell having a second opening that opens on the second face and a cross section that increases toward the second face,
wherein the assembly jig comprises:
a housing delimited by a base and first and second side face, configured for housing the strips of material of a cellular structure to be formed, superimposed on each other,
a plurality of pins configured to be positioned between the superimposed strips of material in at least one of the first or second cells, and,
at least one pin feed system comprising a plurality of conduits opening on the first or second side face of the housing, and, for each conduit, a pin loader configured to feed pins to the conduit and an actuator configured to push a pin present in the conduit into the housing.