Patent ID: 11891193
Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 0:
1. A system configured to assemble a wing, such that the system comprises:
a shuttle that the shuttle that comprises pogos that extend down from the shuttle and are configured to suspend an upper wing panel of an aircraft beneath the shuttle and enforce a predetermined contour in the upper wing panel; and
a cart that comprises:
supports configured to engage a bottom edge of a length of a rib of the wing and hold a web of the rib vertically upright;
a chassis configured to translate the rib with the web of the rib vertically upright to a position directly beneath a location on the upper wing panel to which the rib will be affixed; and
a lifting apparatus configured to lift the rib vertically and into direct contact between an upper edge of the length of the rib with the upper wing panel.