Patent ID: 8646161

Claim:
A clamping device for an assembly of a stringer coupling in a region of a lateral butt joint between a first and a second fuselage section of an aircraft for coaxially connecting a respective first and second stringer of the first and the second fuselage sections, the stringer coupling intersecting a frame element profile in the region of the lateral butt joint, the clamping device comprising: a supporting yoke configured to bridge the frame element profile from a first side to a second side in an arc-shaped manner and including a first end foot disposed so as to be supported by the stringer coupling on the first side of the frame element profile and a second end foot disposed so as to be supported by the stringer coupling on the second side of the frame element profile, wherein the supporting yoke includes a middle tensioning hook configured to interact with the frame element profile such that the first and the second end feet are tensionable by the tensioning hook against the stringer coupling.