US 11,346,148 B1 · Shear plate for window frame assembly

Abstract

Example aspects of a shear plate for a window frame assembly, a window frame assembly, and a method for insulating a window frame assembly are disclosed. The shear plate for a window frame assembly can comprise a shear plate body defining an outer shear plate surface and an inner shear plate surface, the shear plate body defining a first end, a second end opposite the first end, and a pair of lateral sides extending between the first end and the second end; and at least one pair of shear plate holes extending from the outer shear plate surface to the inner shear plate surface, the pair of shear plate holes oriented such that a line running through a center of the pair of shear plate holes is substantially parallel to the first end and the second end.

Claims19

Dependent claims

A window frame assembly comprising:

a window frame defining a sidewall and a flange extending from and oriented substantially perpendicular to the sidewall, the flange defining a flange hole;
a thermal break engaging the window frame, the thermal break defining an outer surface, an inner surface opposite the outer surface, and a recess extending through the thermal break from the outer surface to the inner surface;
a shear plate mounted in the recess;
and
a fastener coupling the shear plate to the window frame, the fastener engaging the flange hole of the flange.

2 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

16/748,686Filed 21 Jan 2020 · us provisional application

Priority

30 Jan 2019

Granted

31 May 2022

Term ends

Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification15 codes

E06B 3/26303
With prefabricated insulating strips between two metal section members: with thin strips, e.g. defining a hollow space between the metal section…
E06B 3/2632
Frames with special provision for insulation: with arrangements reducing the heat transmission, other than an interruption in a metal section
E05D 15/58
With successive different movements: with both swinging and sliding movements
E05D 2015/586
With both swinging and sliding movements: with travelling hinge parts

Shear plate for window frame assembly

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Shear plate for window frame assembly

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Abstract

Claims19