Patent ID: 9358707
Filing Date: 2016-06-07
CPC Classification: B29C,B29L,F16B,Y10T

Claim Text:
1. An assembly comprising: a first aerospace component including a first surface; a second aerospace component slidably engaged with the first aerospace component and including a second surface opposite to the first surface; a bladder with a flexible membrane positioned between the first surface and the second surface, said membrane defines a fluid receiving space, wherein the membrane has an unfilled state in which the membrane is separated from at least one of the first and second surfaces and a filled state in which the membrane abuts both of the first and second surfaces; and a hardenable hydraulic fluid injectable into the fluid receiving space of said bladder, wherein the membrane transitions from the unfilled to the filled state upon injection of said fluid under pressure into said fluid receiving space, said membrane in the filled state is in abutment with each of said first and second surfaces to thereby fixedly locate the first and second aerospace components relative to each other, and said hydraulic fluid hardens after said membrane is placed in the filled state.