Patent ID: 11858661
Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  G | IPC B

Claim 17:
18. The method of claim 17, wherein the aerostructure has an upper panel assembly and a lower panel assembly, each having stringers extending along a lengthwise direction respectively of the skin panels, the sacrificial material coupled to the skin panel inner surface at interface locations for coupling the panel assembly to internal structural components of the aerostructure, the method further comprising:
removing one of the upper or lower panel assembly from the holding fixture after machining the sacrificial material;
indexing one of the upper or lower panel assembly to the internal structural components;
installing pin elements in fastener holes at the interface locations between the internal structural components and the upper or lower panel assembly;
indexing a remaining one of the upper or lower panel assembly to the internal structural components; and
installing pin elements in fastener holes at the interface locations between the internal structural components and the remaining one of the upper or lower panel assembly, thereby resulting in the aerostructure.