Patent ID: 9359090
Filing Date: 2016-06-07
CPC Classification: B64C,B64F,Y10T

Claim Text:
1. A method of manufacturing an aircraft fuselage with at least two fuselage barrels, the method comprising: aligning and preparing transverse joint elements with one another before joining the at least two fuselage barrels by a provisional formation of a transverse joint by: manufacturing the at least two fuselage barrels by arranging skin fields on the two ring-type connecting segments; and connecting the fuselage barrels by inserting the transverse joint elements into the at least two fuselage barrels, such that the at least two fuselage barrels are connected with one another in the transverse joint region by the transverse joint elements including the two ring-type connecting segments and by bringing together the two ring-type connecting segments and by inserting the connecting elements.