Patent ID: 6464170
Filing Date: 2002-10-15
Classification: B64C,B64F,F16B,Y02T,Y10T

Abstract:
A method of constructing an aircraft, the method comprising:forming an upper section having an integral, internal structural member spanning a horizontal dimension of the upper section, the structural member having a height substantially equal to a depth of the upper section and terminating in a lower mating surface; forming a lower section having an integral, internal structural member spanning a horizontal dimension of the lower section, the structural member having a height substantially equal to a depth of the lower section and terminating in an upper mating surface for engaging the mating surface of the upper section, one of the mating surfaces being a groove and the other being a protuberance; sliding one of the sections relative to the other, with each groove engaging a protuberance to assemble the sections together; fixedly attaching the structural members together by using fasteners extending through the structural members.