The Boeing Company
Method and apparatus for single-sided clamp-up

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Abstract:

Methods and apparatuses for aligning a first hole in a first panel with a second hole in a second panel to define a through-hole. A wall that defines the second hole is gripped from within the through-hole to pull the second panel towards the first panel and thereby establish a clamp-up of the first panel and the second panel.

Status:
Grant
Type:

Utility

Filling date:

21 Dec 2018

Issue date:

18 Jan 2022