Patent ID: 8444090

Claim:
Transverse butt connection ( 1 , 24 ) between two fuselage sections ( 2 , 3 , 25 , 26 ) having a plurality of stringers ( 41 , 42 ) attached to an inner surface of an exterior shell ( 4 , 5 , 27 , 28 ) parallel to one another and evenly distributed, characterised in that two end areas ( 6 , 7 , 29 , 30 ) of the fuselage sections ( 2 , 3 , 25 , 26 ) comprise on an inner surface oppositely inclined skin wedge surfaces ( 8 , 9 ) and the two end areas ( 6 , 7 , 29 , 30 ) are connected by a circumferential transverse butt strap ( 10 , 31 ) which is provided with two oppositely inclined transverse butt strap wedge surfaces ( 12 , 13 ) in a region of a lower surface ( 11 ) wherein each transverse butt strap wedge surface ( 12 , 13 ) and each skin wedge surface ( 8 , 9 ) is configured for receiving a wedge ( 14 , 15 , 33 , 34 ) therebetween for compensating for tolerances of the fuselage sections ( 2 , 3 , 25 , 26 ).