Patent ID: 8943666
Filing Date: 2015-02-03
Classification: B64C,Y02T,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A method for assembling fuselage sections of an aircraft, to couple a front section to a rear section of the fuselage; the sections comprising stringers, shape frames and skin; the fuselage comprising an assembly structure between the front section and the rear section; the assembly structure including a main buttstrap and an assembly frame, the method comprising: manufacturing the front section which includes the manufacture of a main portion of the front section and a coupling portion which consists of a portion of the front section which extends from a front edge encompassing an arc, wherein the main portion is defined by the front edge, a rear edge and a transversal edge extending between the front edge and the rear edge and is separated from the coupling portion; wherein the transversal edge includes a transversal buttstrap to connect the main portion of the front section to the coupling portion; and manufacturing the rear section which includes the integration of the assembly structure into the rear section; assembling of the main portion of the front section to the rear section; and assembling of the coupling portion to each of the main portion of the front section and the rear section.