Patent ID: 8552347
Filing Date: 2013-10-08
Classification: B29C,B29L,B64C,C09J,H05B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A bonding device for bonding a metal fairing for protecting a leading edge of an aircraft airfoil, said metal fairing having a shape and being for bonding against said airfoil with the help of an adhesive, said device comprising a rigid yoke in which induction heater means are inserted for heating said metal fairing, and wherein said induction heater means are arranged between first and second primary layers of a thermo-expandable material, said second primary layer matching to the shape of said metal fairing while said device is in use, wherein said induction heater means comprises four groups of Litz wires, first and second groups being disposed between said first and second primary layers so as to be situated on a suction side of said fairing, and third and fourth groups being disposed between said first and second primary layers so as to be situated on a pressure side of said metal fairing, and wherein said first group is separated from said second group so as to release a non-heated space, said third group also being separated from said fourth group.