Patent ID: 7699266

Claim:
A sealing system for a gap existing between a fuselage and an elevator of an orientable horizontal stabilizer of an aircraft, said orientable horizontal stabilizer ( 5 ) comprising a first end ( 6 ) joined to the fuselage ( 3 ) and a second free end ( 7 ), and the elevator ( 4 ) comprising a first end ( 15 ) in proximity to the fuselage ( 3 ) and a second free end ( 16 ), wherein said sealing system comprises a main body ( 1 ) of substantially prismatic and elongated form arranged in the gap ( 2 ) existing between the fuselage ( 3 ) and the first end of the elevator ( 15 ) of each of the orientable horizontal stabilizer ( 5 ), said main body ( 1 ) being fixed to the orientable horizontal stabilizer ( 5 ) by fixing members ( 8 ), said main body ( 1 ) comprising an upper surface ( 18 ) which constitutes a continuation of an upper surface of the elevator ( 20 ), and a lower surface ( 19 ) which constitutes a continuation of a lower upper surface of the elevator ( 21 ); at least one longitudinal vertical element ( 22 ) arranged between the upper surface ( 18 ) and the lower surface ( 19 ) and which runs the entire length of said main body ( 1 ), said longitudinal vertical element ( 22 ) including a first surface ( 11 ) facing the outer surface of the fuselage ( 3 ), and in proximity to said outer surface of the fuselage ( 3 ), and a second surface ( 12 ) facing the first end of the elevator ( 15 ) and in proximity to said first end of the elevator ( 15 ); a plurality of first elastic sealing profiles ( 9 ) arranged between the first surface ( 11 ) of the main body ( 1 ) and the outer surface of the fuselage ( 3 ), and a plurality of second elastic sealing profiles ( 13 ) arranged between the second surface ( 12 ) of the main body ( 1 ) and the first end of the elevator ( 15 ), in such a way that the first elastic sealing profiles ( 9 ) make contact with the first surface ( 11 ) of the main body ( 1 ) and the outer surface of the fuselage ( 3 ), and the second elastic sealing profiles ( 13 ) make contact with the second surface ( 12 ) of the main body ( 1 ) and the first end of the elevator ( 15 ), thereby carrying out the sealing of said gap ( 2 ) and producing an aerodynamic continuity between the fuselage ( 3 ) and the elevator ( 4 ) by means of said sealing system, when said elevator ( 4 ) is at rest, positioned in the plane of the orientable horizontal stabilizer ( 5 ) for any of the possible positions of orientation of said orientable horizontal stabilizer ( 5 ).