Patent ID: 7850119

Claim:
Sealing system for the gap existing between the fuselage and the elevator of the orientable horizontal stabiliser of an aircraft, extended with an aerodynamic fairing for sealing of the opening existing between the fuselage and the orientable horizontal stabiliser, said fuselage comprising an opening in the zone in which the orientable horizontal stabiliser is provided, said orientable horizontal stabiliser comprising a first end joined to the fuselage and a second free end, the elevator comprising a first end in proximity to the fuselage and a second free end, the sealing system comprising a main body of substantially elongated form arranged in the gap existing between the fuselage and the first end of the elevator of each of the orientable horizontal stabilisers, said main body being fixed to the orientable horizontal stabiliser by fixing means, said main body comprising an upper surface and a lower surface; at least one longitudinal vertical element arranged between the upper surface and the lower surface and which runs the entire length of said main body, said longitudinal vertical element comprising a first surface facing the outer surface of the fuselage, and in proximity to said outer surface of the fuselage, and a second surface facing the first end of the elevator and in proximity to said first end of the elevator; a plurality of first elastic sealing profiles arranged between the first surface of the main body and the outer surface of the fuselage which make contact with said first surface and said outer surface of the fuselage, and a plurality of second elastic sealing profiles arranged between the second surface of the main body and the first end of the elevator, said sealing system being wherein it comprises an aerodynamic fairing of substantially elongated form which is extended from the main body in continuity with it, covering the opening existing in the zone of the fuselage in which the orientable horizontal stabiliser is provided, in such a way that the first elastic sealing profiles make contact with the first surface of the main body, including the aerodynamic fairing, and the outer surface of the fuselage, and the second elastic sealing profiles make contact with the second surface of the main body and the first end of the elevator, thereby carrying out the sealing of said gap and of said opening, and producing an aerodynamic continuity between the fuselage, the orientable horizontal stabiliser and the elevator by means of said sealing system, when said elevator is at rest, positioned in the plane of the orientable horizontal stabiliser for any of the possible positions of orientation of said orientable horizontal stabiliser.