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US 11,008,753 B2Granted
Corrugated bridging member
AssigneeSimpson Strong-Tie Company, Inc.
InventorsLarry Randall Daudet, Paul Howard Oellerich
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Abstract
A building connection between a plurality of vertical wall studs made with one or more bridging members to brace the wall studs. The one or more bridging members are formed with mounting sections that are received in openings of the wall studs and the mounting sections are bracketed by end sections where bridging members can overlap. The bridging members interface with the web of the wall studs to brace them.
Claims20
A connection between a first stud, a second stud, and a first bridging member, the connection comprising:
- a. said first stud having a front face and an opposite face disposed laterally therefrom on the opposed face of the first stud, the first stud having an opening therethrough that communicates between the front face and the opposite face of the first stud;
- b. said second stud having a front face and an opposite face disposed laterally therefrom on the opposed face of the second stud, said second stud being disposed substantially parallel to and spaced a selected distance away from said first stud, the second stud having an opening therethrough that communicates between the front face and the opposite face of the second stud;
- c. said first bridging member engaging the first and second studs and received in the openings of the first and second studs, the first bridging member having a longitudinal, central axis with a plurality of mounting sections and opposed first and second end sections at the ends of the bridging member along the longitudinal, central axis, wherein at least one of said mounting sections of said first bridging member have portions that are received in the opening of the first stud and said at least one of said mounting sections received in said opening have notches that receive portions of the central web of the first stud and at least one of said mounting sections of said first bridging member have portions that are received in the opening of the second stud and said at least one of said mounting sections received in said opening have notches that receive portions of the central web of the second stud, said second end section projecting substantially away from said opposite face of said first stud and also from said opposite face of said second stud, and said first end section of said first bridging member projecting away from said front face of said first stud and said front face of said second stud;
- d. said mounting section of said first bridging member received by said first stud having a first body, the first body of the mounting section having a first inner edge with a first web interface portion and a second web interface portion, the first inner edge contacting or being closely adjacent to the front face of said first stud,
- e. said mounting section of said first bridging received by said first stud having a second body joined to the first body by a neck that passes through the opening in the first stud, the second body of the mounting section having a first inner edge facing the opposite face of the first stud, the first inner edge having a first web interface portion and a second web interface portion, the first inner edge contacting or being closely adjacent to the opposite face of said first stud;
- f. said bridging member comprising a web and flaring side walls flaring outwardly from the web, and outer flanges connected to the flaring side walls, wherein the outer flanges include the notches.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.