Patent ID: 8740204

Claim:
A method of using a disposable pin for production and positioning and assembling of parts made of composite material glued together for an aircraft or an assembly jig, the pin including an elongated body and a head integrated as a single element made of reinforced thermoplastic material and produced in a single molding step; said method comprising: creating holes on the parts for the aircraft or the assembly jig; inserting the elongated body of the pin in one of the holes so that the head of the pin touches one of the parts of the aircraft or the assembly jig; polymerizing the parts of the aircraft or the assembly jig with a thermal delta; extracting said pin from the one of the holes with a drill and cleaning the one of the holes; wherein the pin defines a through-hole along a vertical axis of the pin facilitating extraction of the pin, and wherein during extracting said pin, the body of said pin reinforces a seat of the corresponding one of the holes in the part of the aircraft; the pin collapsing transversely, from external shearing loads applied to the pin, in order to safeguard structural integrity of the parts and of the aircraft.