Patent ID: 11931845
Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
Field: Handling (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 7:
8. The method of claim 7, further comprising:
while pulling the second section of the first tubular structure away from the second tubular structure with the second plurality of actuators and the plurality of winch straps, decoupling, with the second strongback apparatus, the second section of the first tubular structure from the second tubular structure,
wherein decoupling, with the first strongback apparatus, the first tubular structure from the second tubular structure while pulling the first tubular structure away from the second tubular structure in the radially outward direction comprises decoupling, with the first strongback apparatus, the first section of the first tubular structure from the second tubular structure while pulling the first tubular structure away from the second tubular structure with the first plurality of actuators and the plurality of winch straps.