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US 12,410,603 B2Granted
Column-to-beam connection systems including a shear component
AssigneeDurafuse Frames, LLC
InventorPaul William Richards
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Abstract
Column-to-beam connection systems are disclosed herein, along with moment-resisting frames including the same and methods of repairing the same. An example column-to-beam connection system includes a shear component. The shear component includes a base plate that is connected to a column flange. The shear component also includes at least one vertical web extending from the base plate. The vertical web is connected to with a beam flange. The vertical web also defines one or more openings therein.
Claims19
A moment-resisting frame, comprising:
- a column having a column flange, the column flange exhibiting a column width measured from a first edge of the column flange to a second edge of the column flange, wherein the second edge is opposite the first edge;
- a beam including a first beam flange and a second beam flange opposite the first beam flange;
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- a shear component connected to the column flange and one of the first beam flange or the second beam flange, the shear component including:
- a base plate connected to the column flange;
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- at least one vertical web extending from the base plate, the at least one vertical web defining one or more openings therein, the one or more openings exhibiting an elongated shape oriented such that a longitudinal axis thereof is substantially parallel to the flange of the beam, the vertical web configured to yield and form at least one yielded region between the one or more openings and at least one of an adjacent opening or a lateral edge of the vertical web, the lateral edge extending from the base plate towards the flange of the beam.
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