IP Library Granted Patent US 11,198,520
Granted Patent B2
US 11,198,520 · App. 15/546,197 · Granted Dec 14, 2021

Aircraft component positioning device, and aircraft assembly system

Inventors: Takuya Goto (Tokyo, JP); Tsuyoshi Kaneko (Tokyo, JP); Hiroto Mori (Tokyo, JP); Michinobu Takahagi (Tokyo, JP); Hideyuki Suzuki (Tokyo, JP); Junichi Takeshita (Tokyo, JP); Jiro Wada (Tokyo, JP); Katsumi Nakamura (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
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Patent No.
US 11,198,520
App. No.
15/546,197
Granted
Dec 14, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

The object is to provide an aircraft component positioning device, an aircraft assembly system, and an aircraft assembly method with which it is possible to precisely dispose components on a planar member of an aircraft without using a positioning jig. A positioning device ( 2 ) includes a detection unit ( 5 ) that detects positions of a plurality of first components installed on a planar member of an aircraft, a virtual position creation unit ( 6 ) that creates a virtual position between the plurality of first components on the basis of the positions of the plurality of first components that are detected, and a position determination unit ( 7 ) that, on the basis of the virtual position that is created, determines an installation position of a second component, different from the plurality of first components, that is installed on the planar member.

Claims (10)

1. An aircraft component positioning device comprising:

a detection unit that detects positions of a plurality of representative points for each of a plurality of first structural components directly installed on a planar member of an aircraft;

a virtual position creation unit that obtains the detected positions of the plurality of representative points of the plurality of first structural components and creates a virtual plane between the plurality of first structural components by connecting the positions of the plurality of representative points of the plurality of first structural components; and

a position determination unit that, on a basis of the created virtual plane, determines an installation position of a second structural component, different from the plurality of first structural components, that is to be directly installed on the planar member so that the installation position of the second structural component is determined in a position between the plurality of first structural components on the planar member, wherein

the virtual position creation unit creates two virtual planes on a basis of positions of the plurality of representative points of three first structural components, and creates a third virtual plane obtained as an averaged position by averaging the two virtual planes; and

the position determination unit determines the installation position of the second structural component on a basis of the third virtual plane obtained as the averaged position.

2. The aircraft component positioning device according to claim 1 , wherein the detection unit detects an installation hole, defined in the planar member, in which the second structural component is installed; and the position determination unit determines the installation position of the second structural component on the basis of the third virtual plane obtained as the averaged position and the detected installation hole.

3. An aircraft assembly system comprising:

the aircraft component positioning device according to claim 1 ; and

an aircraft component attachment device that installs the second structural component on the planar member on a basis of an installation position of the second structural component determined by the aircraft component positioning device.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 25, 2017
From: GOTO, TAKUYA; KANEKO, TSUYOSHI; MORI, HIROTO; TAKAHAGI, MICHINOBU; SUZUKI, HIDEYUKI; TAKESHITA, JUNICHI; WADA, JIRO; NAKAMURA, KATSUMI
To: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2015-014467 · Jan 28, 2015 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20170369186A1 · Dec 28, 2017
Cited By (1)
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