Patent ID: 7810757

Claim:
A method of installing a mounting device in a structural member of an aircraft, comprising the steps of: assembling a metal securement member by: holding unassembled metal sheets together in a constrained position so that the unassembled metal sheets do not move relative to one another; welding the unassembled metal sheets together with the metal sheets fixedly held in the constrained position so that the metal sheets do not move relative to one another during the welding; and annealing the welded together metal sheets while fixedly maintaining the welded metal sheets in the constrained position so that the welded metal sheets to not move relative to one another during the annealing; positioning a mounting device within a channel formed in the structural member, wherein the mounting device comprises the assembled metal securement member and a composite member attached to the metal securement member; and attaching the composite member to the structural member within the channel.