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US 2002/0164199 A1Published application
Connector device assembly
OwnerMichael Derek Overton, Charles William Stratford Presantinventors
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A connector device assembly of the add-on type and suitable for securing a second member, such as a metal tube, as a branch extending from a position between the ends of a first member, such as another metal tube, without the need to slide components along the first member comprises two connector devices each having a first body region which defines a recess formation to accommodate a first member of a structural assembly, and at least one of the connector devices comprising a second body region for securing relative to a second member which is required to be connected to the structural assembly, said two connector devices each having at least one edge formation provided with an aperture which extends substantially parallel with the longitudinal direction of said first member and respective edge formations of said two connector devices being aligned in the assembly to receive a locking member extending therethrough, the locking member being arranged in the assembly to be loaded substantially only in shear to hold the connector devices in position relative to one another and the first member.
A connector device assembly of the add-on type comprising at least two connector devices, each connector device having a first body region which defines a recess formation to accommodate a part of the outer periphery of a first rigid member of a structural assembly, and at least one of the connector devices comprising a second body region for securing relative to a second rigid member which is required to be connected to the structural assembly, said two connector devices each having at least one edge formation provided with an aperture which extends substantially parallel with the longitudinal direction of said first rigid member and respective edge formations of said two connector devices being aligned in the assembly to receive a locking member extending therethrough, the locking member being arranged in the assembly to be loaded substantially only in shear to hold the connector devices in position relative to one another and the first rigid member.
Method of forming a structural interconnection between two rigid members comprising use of an add-on type connector device assembly which comprises at least two connector devices, each connector device having a first body region which defines a recess formation to accommodate a part of the outer periphery of a first rigid member to be connected to a second rigid member, at least one of the connector devices comprising a second body region for securing relative to an end of a second rigid member which is required to be connected to the structural assembly, said two connector devices each having at least one edge formation provided with an aperture which extends substantially parallel with the longitudinal direction of said first rigid member, apertures of the respective edge formations of said two connector devices being aligned in the assembly to receive a locking member extending therethrough, retention means associated with one of the connector devices and operable to secure an assembled plurality of connector devices in position relative to the first rigid member, wherein the method comprises first employing the locking member to provide an interconnection of the connector devices without creating any substantial axial pre-load between the connector devices in said longitudinal direction and then operating the retention means simultaneously to secure a connector device relative to the first rigid member and apply shear load to the locking member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.