Patent ID: 7874052

Claim:
A rib clamping device for longitudinal seam-structure assembly of an aircraft fuselage, wherein the rib clamping device comprises: attachment means for attaching the rib clamping device to a first rib of the aircraft fuselage; fastening means for non-positive and frictionally-engaged fastening of a first shell and a second shell of the aircraft fuselage such that a first group of first drill holes can be produced in the first shell without any stress; wherein the attachment means comprises a first hydraulic or pneumatic clamping cylinder and a form block; and wherein a region of the first rib is squeezed in between the first hydraulic or pneumatic clamping cylinder and the form block by interaction of the first hydraulic or pneumatic clamping cylinder with the form block, such that both the first hydraulic or pneumatic element and the form block directly contact the region of the first rib and so that the rib clamping device is attached to the first rib.