Patent ID: 8783610

Claim:
A transverse splicing plate and fuselage sections combination, comprising: first and second fuselage sections oriented in an abutting relationship along a longitudinal axis, thereby forming a transverse seam, a transverse splicing plate having at least two plate segments arranged one radially above the other with respect to the longitudinal axis, each of the plate segments having a multitude of longitudinal slits for radial tolerance compensation between the first and second fuselage sections, and the longitudinal slits being tangentially offset relative to each other, wherein the transverse splicing plate spans the transverse seam and overlies respective end portions of the first and second fuselage sections, such that the longitudinal slits extend substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis and span the transverse seam, wherein at least one of: the longitudinal slits comprise a recess at an end thereof, and the recess is a circular recess.