Patent ID: 8177169

Claim:
A joining structure for a fairing of an aircraft, said fairing being arranged between a horizontal stabilizer and a vertical stabilizer or fuselage section of said aircraft, said structure comprising; a fitting that is in the shape of an angle, said fitting including a vertical surface and a horizontal surface, the fitting being joined via the vertical surface to the fairing by removable fixing parts; and a resilient element that is deformable and is located between the fairing and the vertical surface of the fitting, said resilient element being configured to compensate for manufacturing and assembly tolerances of the fitting, the fairing, the horizontal stabilizer, and the vertical stabilizer or fuselage section, by the resilient element being expandable or contractible in thickness from deformation of the resilient element to adjust a spacing between the fairing and the vertical surface of the fitting, the deformation resulting from torques that tighten the fitting, the fairing, the horizontal stabilizer, and the vertical stabilizer or fuselage section.