Ledger connector
AssigneeSimpson Strong-Tie Company, Inc.
InventorsRachel Marie Holland, Timothy M. Stauffer, Jin-Jie Lin, Benedict Ang
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Abstract
A connection and a method of making a connection between an outer member and one or more inner structural members of a structure such as a building, the connection having a compression strut having an inner portion and an outer portion, the inner portion being supported by one of the one or more inner structural members, the outer portion being in contact with the outer member, a connector plate engaging the compression strut and the outer member and one or more tension fasteners attaching the connector plate to one or more of the one or more inner structural members.
Claims18
A connection between an outer member and one or more inner structural members, the connection comprising:
- a. the outer member;
- b. the one or more inner structural members;
- c. a compression strut having an inner portion and an outer portion the inner portion having an inner end that abuts and bears against a side surface of one of the one or more inner structural members and does not enter the one or more inner structural members, and the outer portion being connected to the outer member;
- d. a connector plate engaging the compression strut and connecting the outer member to the compression strut;
- e. one or more separate tension fasteners attaching the connector plate to one or more of the one or more inner structural members;
- wherein
- f. the elongated compression strut extends horizontally from the one or more inner structural members and the one or more tension fasteners extend upwardly at an acute angle to the horizontally disposed elongated compression strut toward the one or more inner structural members.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.