US 12,359,421 B1Granted

Moment connection for steel framed buildings

AssigneeKing Saud University

InventorsMohammad Alrubaidi, Yousef A. Al-Salloum, Husain Abbas, Hussein M. Elsanadedy, Tarek H. Almusallam

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Abstract

An assembly of parts for a structural moment connection includes a first connecting component and a second connecting component. The first connecting component is configured to be connected to a first structural frame member. The second connecting component is configured to be connected to a second structural frame member. The first connecting component includes an elongated protrusion. The second connecting component includes a body having an elongated cavity extending inside of the body from a side surface of the body. The elongated protrusion is configured to be received in the elongated cavity such that the first connecting component and the second connecting component produce a moment connection between the first structural frame member and the second structural frame member when the elongated protrusion is received in the elongated cavity.

Claims15

Dependent claims

An assembly of parts for a structural moment connection, the assembly comprising:

a first connecting component configured to be connected to a first structural frame member;
and
a second connecting component configured to be connected to a second structural frame member,
wherein the first connecting component includes an elongated protrusion,
wherein the second connecting component includes a body having an elongated cavity extending inside of the body from a side surface of the body,
wherein the elongated protrusion is configured to be received in the elongated cavity such that the first connecting component and the second connecting component produce a moment connection between the first structural frame member and the second structural frame member when the elongated protrusion is received in the elongated cavity,
wherein the elongated protrusion includes a web and a flange connected to one another, the web and the flange extending in a length direction of the elongated protrusion,
wherein the elongated cavity includes a first cavity portion and a second cavity portion,
wherein the first and second cavity portions are in fluid communication with one another and extend in a length direction of the body of the second connecting component,
wherein the flange of the elongated protrusion is configured to be received in the first cavity portion, and the web of the elongated protrusion is configured to be received in the second cavity portion,
wherein the flange of the elongated protrusion has a first end, a second end, and a flange length extending in the length direction of the elongated protrusion, the flange length being delimited by the first and second ends of the flange, wherein the first end of the flange is configured to enter the first cavity portion first,
wherein the first cavity portion has a first end, a second end, and a first cavity length extending in the length direction of the body of the second connecting component, the first cavity length being delimited by the first and second ends of the first cavity portion, wherein the first end of the first cavity portion is configured to provide access to the first cavity portion such that the flange of the elongated protrusion can be moved inside of the first cavity portion, through the first end of the first cavity portion, with the first end of the flange entering the first end of the first cavity portion first,
wherein a width of the flange of the elongated protrusion increases along the flange length in a direction toward the second end of the flange,
wherein a width of the first cavity portion decreases along the first cavity length toward the second end of the first cavity portion, and
wherein a thickness of the first cavity portion decreases along the first cavity length toward the second end of the first cavity portion.

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An assembly of parts for a structural moment connection, the assembly comprising:

a first connecting component configured to be connected to a first structural frame member;
and
a second connecting component configured to be connected to a second structural frame member,
wherein the first connecting component includes an elongated protrusion,
wherein the second connecting component includes a body having an elongated cavity extending inside of the body from a side surface of the body,
wherein the elongated protrusion is configured to be received in the elongated cavity such that the first connecting component and the second connecting component produce a moment connection between the first structural frame member and the second structural frame member when the elongated protrusion is received in the elongated cavity,
wherein the elongated protrusion includes a web and a flange connected to one another, the web and the flange extending in a length direction of the elongated protrusion,
wherein the elongated cavity includes a first cavity portion and a second cavity portion,
wherein the first and second cavity portions are in fluid communication with one another and extend in a length direction of the body of the second connecting component,
wherein the flange of the elongated protrusion is configured to be received in the first cavity portion, and the web of the elongated protrusion is configured to be received in the second cavity portion,
wherein the flange of the elongated protrusion has a first end, a second end, and a flange length extending in the length direction of the elongated protrusion, the flange length being delimited by the first and second ends of the flange, wherein the first end of the flange is configured to enter the first cavity portion first,
wherein the first cavity portion has a first end, a second end, and a first cavity length extending in the length direction of the body of the second connecting component, the first cavity length being delimited by the first and second ends of the first cavity portion, wherein the first end of the first cavity portion is configured to provide access to the first cavity portion such that the flange of the elongated protrusion can be moved inside of the first cavity portion, through the first end of the first cavity portion, with the first end of the flange entering the first end of the first cavity portion first,
wherein a width of the flange of the elongated protrusion increases along the flange length in a direction toward the second end of the flange,
wherein a width of the first cavity portion decreases along the first cavity length toward the second end of the first cavity portion,
wherein a thickness of the first cavity portion decreases along the first cavity length toward the second end of the first cavity portion, and
wherein a thickness of the second cavity portion decreases along the second cavity length toward the second end of the second cavity portion.

13 more elements

An assembly of parts for a structural moment connection, the assembly comprising:

a first connecting component configured to be connected to a first structural frame member;
and
a second connecting component configured to be connected to a second structural frame member,
wherein the first connecting component includes an elongated protrusion,
wherein the second connecting component includes a body having an elongated cavity extending inside of the body from a side surface of the body,
wherein the elongated protrusion is configured to be received in the elongated cavity such that the first connecting component and the second connecting component produce a moment connection between the first structural frame member and the second structural frame member when the elongated protrusion is received in the elongated cavity,
wherein the elongated protrusion includes a web and a flange connected to one another, the web and the flange extending in a length direction of the elongated protrusion,
wherein the elongated cavity includes a first cavity portion and a second cavity portion,
wherein the first and second cavity portions are in fluid communication with one another and extend in a length direction of the body of the second connecting component,
wherein the flange of the elongated protrusion is configured to be received in the first cavity portion, and the web of the elongated protrusion is configured to be received in the second cavity portion,
wherein the web of the elongated protrusion has a first end, a second end, and a web length extending in the length direction of the elongated protrusion, the web length being delimited by the first and second ends of the web, wherein the first end of the web is configured to enter the second cavity portion,
wherein the second cavity portion has a first end, a second end, and a second cavity length extending in the length direction of the body of the second connecting component, the second cavity length being delimited by the first and second ends of the second cavity portion, wherein the first end of the second cavity portion is configured to provide access to the second cavity portion such that the web of the elongated protrusion can be moved inside of the second cavity portion, through the first end of the second cavity portion, with the first end of the web entering the first end of the second cavity portion first, and
wherein a thickness of the web of the elongated protrusion increases along the web length in a direction toward the second end of the web.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.