Method and device for the mechanical machining of flexible panels, especially of complex shape
CA 2496770 C · Owner: Airbus Operations Sas · Inventors: Hamann, Jean-Christophe
Overview
Its claims, description and drawings are in the Canadian Patents Database.
Open the CIPO recordAbstract From the Canadian patent
The subject of the invention is a mechanical machining process for flexible panels especially of complex shape, in which the panel to be machined (1) is held immobile by its edges on a rigid support (5 5', 25) and a machining tool (3) is applied against one (1a) of the faces of the said panel (1) and controlled to carry out the desired machining characterised in that it consists in at least counter-balancing the machining force exerted by the tool (3) on the panel (1) by the application through the use of an appropriate support means on the face (1b) of the panel (1) opposite to the one (1a) to which the tool (3) is applied with a force (F) essentially facing the said tool the said support …
Read the whole patent
Listed from its CIPO record in Patent Yard's archive of Canadian patents past their term. Its claims, description and drawings are in the CIPO record and on Google Patents, and the Claude kit works from them.
Why it's free to use
- Filed February 9, 2005 and granted October 22, 2013. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended February 9, 2025.
- Certificates of supplementary protection extend only drug patents, and it isn't classified as one.
- We check Canadian rights only. A patent in its family in another country could still be in force: check its family on Google Patents.
Timeline
Timeline From CIPO dates
Sources & verification
Official CIPO records
Everything on this page comes from the CIPO record linked above. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada.