US 12,145,742 B2
Guide systems for installing aircraft structures
Bruce Allen Biskup, Everett, WA (US); James Tane Iwamoto, Rento, WA (US); Richard Kevin Wilson, Mukilteo, WA (US); Robert Steven Wright, Seattle, WA (US); August W. McKenna, Everett, WA (US); and Jack W. Mauldin, Mill Creek, WA (US)
Assigned to The Boeing Company, Arlington, VA (US)
Filed by The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US)
Filed on Mar. 30, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/709,050.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/168,806, filed on Mar. 31, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0315241 A1, Oct. 6, 2022
Int. Cl. B64D 45/04 (2006.01); B60T 8/17 (2006.01); B64C 25/42 (2006.01)
CPC B64D 45/04 (2013.01) [B60T 8/1703 (2013.01); B64C 25/426 (2013.01); B60T 2210/12 (2013.01)] 24 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus comprising:
a first guide system structured to removably couple to a first aircraft structure having a first hinge component, the first guide system includes a body, a first leg and a second leg, the first leg spaced from the second leg, the first guide system includes a first brace to support the first leg and a second brace to support the second leg; and
a second guide system structured to removably couple to a second aircraft structure having a second hinge component, the first guide system to engage the second guide system to enable alignment and coupling of the first hinge component and the second hinge component during assembly of the first aircraft structure and the second aircraft structure, the first guide system structured to decouple from the first aircraft structure and the second guide system structured to decouple from the second aircraft structure when the first hinge component is coupled to the second hinge component.