# US 10,865,558 B2 · Adjustable tension tie > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,865,558 B2 - Document ID: US10865558B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/396,537 - Filed: 2016-12-31 - Published: 2017-07-06 - Granted: 2020-12-15 - Earliest claimed: 2015-12-31 - Assignees: Simpson Strong-Tie Company, Inc. - Applicants: Simpson Strong-Tie Company Inc. - Inventors: Kashane Vilasineekul; Timothy M. Stauffer - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10865558B2 ## CPC - E04B 1/388: {Separate connecting elements (Connecting devices specially adapted for embedding in concrete E04B1/41; Dowels, i.e. members adapted to penetrate the surfaces of two parts and to take the shear stresses E04B1/48)} - E04B 1/2608: {Connectors made from folded sheet metal (E04B1/2612 takes precedence)} - E04B 1/2612: {Joist hangers} - F16B 25/10: Screws performing an additional function to thread-forming, e.g. drill screws {or self-piercing screws} - E04B 2001/2684: {with metal connectors} - E04B 2001/389: {Brackets} - E04B: GENERAL BUILDING CONSTRUCTIONS; WALLS, e.g. PARTITIONS; ROOFS; FLOORS; CEILINGS; INSULATION OR OTHER PROTECTION OF BUILDINGS (border constructions of opening in walls, floors or ceilings E06B1/00; {electromagnetic shielding H05K9/0001}) - F16B: DEVICES FOR FASTENING OR SECURING CONSTRUCTIONAL ELEMENTS OR MACHINE PARTS TOGETHER, e.g. NAILS, BOLTS, CIRCLIPS, CLAMPS, CLIPS OR WEDGES; JOINTS OR JOINTING (couplings for transmitting rotation F16D) ## Abstract A connection is provided where a connector can act as a holdown or tension tie and transfer tension, uplift, or lateral load between an anchored member and an anchoring member. The connector is used in combination with separate anchor and fasteners. The anchor may be tied to a concrete foundation, another connector of the same type, a wood framing member, or structural member of a similar type, or other supporting or anchoring members. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A connection that is part of a building structure, between an anchored member and an anchoring member made with a connector, one or more separate anchors and one or more separate fasteners, the connection comprising: a. the anchored member, having an attachment face; b. the anchoring member disposed in relatively close association with the anchored member and having an anchoring face; c. the one or more separate anchors penetrating and anchored in the anchoring member; d. the one or more separate fasteners penetrating and anchored in the anchored member; e. the connector having a seat member and a back member disposed at an angle to the seat member with the back member connected to the seat member at a lateral juncture, and the seat member has an end edge opposed from the lateral juncture and the seat member has opposed side edges running between the lateral juncture and the end edge, and the back member has an end edge opposed from the lateral juncture and the back member has opposed side edges running between the lateral juncture and the end edge, and wherein the seat member receives and is connected to the one or more separate anchors and the back member receives and is connected to the one or more separate fasteners; wherein, f. the seat member has one or more openings for receiving the one or more separate anchors and the end edge of the seat member is formed with an upturned flange; and g. two embossments are provided that start in the back member, extend through the lateral juncture and into the seat member where the embossments bracket and surround the one or more openings in the seat member and meet. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The connection of claim 1, wherein: the one or more anchors are self-drilling and self-tapping threaded member that are drilled directly into the anchoring member. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The connection of claim 1, wherein: the building structure has external members that are exposed to the elements and internal members that are protected from the elements by one or more sheathing members, and the anchored member is an external member and the anchoring member is an internal member. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The connection of claim 3, wherein: a. the anchored member is an elongated member that is elongated along a longest dimension of the anchored member in a direction that is parallel to a portion of the back member that attaches to the anchored member; and b. the anchoring member is elongated along a longest dimension of the anchoring member that is orthogonally disposed to the longest dimension of the anchored member. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The connection of claim 4, wherein: a. the back member is formed with a lateral bend such that a portion of the back member distal from the seat member is set at an angle to a portion of the back member proximal to the seat member, and b. the portion of the back member distal from the seat member interfaces with the anchored member and the portion of the back member proximal to the seat member angles away from the anchored member. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The connection of claim 5, wherein: a. the opening in the seat member extends through the lateral juncture into the back member; and b. a bridge is provided that extends form the seat member and is joined to the back member, the bridge is made from the material used to form the opening in the seat that extends through the lateral juncture into the back member, the bridge has an opening for receiving the one or more anchors, and the opening in the bridge is elongated, allowing the one or more anchors to be positioned at different points along the opening. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The connection of claim 1, wherein: portions of the side edges of the seat member are formed with lateral side flanges that strengthen the seat, the lateral side flanges preferably extend through the lateral juncture and along portions of the side edges of the back member. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The connection of claim 1, wherein: the two embossments extend to close to the end edge of the seat member. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The connection of claim 1, wherein: a. the back member is formed with a lateral bend such that a portion of the back member distal from the seat member is set at an angle to a portion of the back member proximal to the seat member, and b. the portion of the back member distal from the seat member interfaces with the anchored member and the portion of the back member proximal to the seat member angles away from the anchored member. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The connection of claim 1, wherein: a. the opening in the seat member extends through the lateral juncture into the back member; and b. a bridge is provided that extends form the seat member and is joined to the back member, the bridge is made from the material used to form the opening in the seat that extends through the lateral juncture into the back member, the bridge has an opening for receiving the one or more anchors, and the opening in the bridge is elongated, allowing the one or more anchors to be positioned at different points along the opening. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The connection of claim 1, wherein: a. the anchoring face of the anchoring member that receives the one or more anchors has a lateral dimension that is no wider than 1.5 inches, and b. the one or more anchors that are drilled into anchoring member penetrate a minimum of 3 inches and are centered in the anchoring face of the anchoring member with respect to the lateral dimension. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The connection of claim 1, wherein: the attachment face of the anchored member that receives the one or more fasteners has a lateral dimension that is no wider than 1.5 inches. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The connection of claim 12, wherein: the attachment face of the anchored member is the bottom face of a horizontally disposed joist in a deck. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The connection of claim 13, wherein: a. the back member is formed with a lateral bend such that a portion of the back member distal from the seat member is set at an angle to a portion of the back member proximal to the seat member, and b. the portion of the back member distal from the seat member interfaces with the anchored member and the portion of the back member proximal to the seat member angles away from the anchored member. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The connection of claim 14, wherein: a. the opening in the seat member extends through the lateral juncture into the back member; and b. a bridge is provided that extends form the seat member and is joined to the back member, the bridge is made from the material used to form the opening in the seat that extends through the lateral juncture into the back member, the bridge has an opening for receiving the one or more anchors, and the opening in the bridge is elongated, allowing the one or more anchors to be positioned at different points along the opening. ### Claim 16 (depends on 1) The connection of claim 1, wherein; the anchored member is attached to the joist in a deck by means of additional fasteners. ### Claim 17 (depends on 1) The connection of claim 1, wherein: a. the anchored member and the anchoring member are wooden members that are either douglas fir or southern pine grades of lumber; b. the connector is connected to the anchoring member with a single anchor that has diameter of .375 inches and is embedded in the anchoring member a minimum of 3 inches; c. the connector is connected to the anchored member with six threaded fasteners that are 1.5 inches long and are substantially embedded in the anchored member; d. the connector is made from 14 gauge sheet steel and is 1.5 inches wide, the back member 7.125 inches tall, and the seat member is 1.4375 inches deep, and the connection has an allowable tension load of 840 pounds.