(under subclass 446) Process wherein one of the parts is a sheet or web and the other part includes spaced supporting elements to which the edges of the sheet are joined such that the sheet is held taut within its elastic limit.
(1) Note. Included, for example, are processes of attaching the skin of an aircraft to the wings or fuselage.
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462, for a process of joining a plate or sheet to a frame of spaced elements which does not involve prestressing of a part.