A packer 200 for application to an aircraft airframe 100 comprises a sheet of material having a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface and a plurality of voids 208 defined through the sheet of material from the first surface to the second surface. The sheet of material may define a frame 202 and a plurality of struts 206 extending from one side of the frame 202a to an opposite side of the frame 202b. The frame 202 and the struts 206 may define, at least in part, the voids 208. This arrangement provides a packer sheet of material that has good flexibility.
Packers for use in aircraft assembly
2024-05-08
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | B21D WORKING OR PROCESSING OF SHEET METAL OR METAL TUBES, RODS OR PROFILES WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL , Bearbeiten oder Verarbeiten von Blechen, Metallrohren, -stangen oder -profilen ohne wesentliches Abtragen des Werkstoffs / B64C AEROPLANES , Flugzeuge / B64F GROUND OR AIRCRAFT-CARRIER-DECK INSTALLATIONS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR USE IN CONNECTION WITH AIRCRAFT , Boden- oder Flugzeugträgerdeckeinrichtungen besonders ausgebildet für die Verwendung in Verbindung mit Luftfahrzeugen |