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US 2014/0270916 A1Published application
Inverted bridging connector
AssigneeSimpson Strong-Tie Company, Inc.
InventorsLarry Randall Daudet, Jin-Jie Lin
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Abstract
A connection between a wall stud, channel-shaped bridging member and connector that resists torsional forces, the connector being suited to interlock with the interior of the bridging member channel and to be fastened to the bridging member outside the channel, depending on the orientation of the bridging member.
Claims31
A building connection (1) comprising:
- a. a substantially vertical wall stud (2) having:
- i. a central web (3) having an opening (8);
- ii. a first side flange (9) integrally attached to the central web (3);
- and
- iii. a second side flange (9) integrally attached to the central web (3);
- b. a substantially horizontal bridging member (11) comprising:
- i. an at least partially planar middle web (12) having a first boundary (13) and a second boundary (13), an internal surface (15) and an external surface (16);
- ii. an at least partially planar first boundary flange (17) angularly joined to and extending from the middle web (12) at the first boundary (13), the first boundary flange (17) having an internal surface (71) and an external surface (72);
- iii. an at least partially planar second boundary flange (17) angularly joined to and extending from the middle web (12) at the second boundary (13), the second boundary flange (17) having an internal surface (71) facing toward the internal surface (71) of the first boundary flange (17) and an external surface (72) facing away from the external surface (72) of the first boundary flange (17);
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- iv. the first and second boundary flanges (17) of the bridging member (11) have first and second outer edges (75), respectively, that are mutually parallel;
- c. a bridging connector (19) contacting the central web (3) of the wall stud (2) and fastened to the bridging member (11), the bridging connector (19) comprising:
- i. a first body part (20) having a first inner edge (23) and a first outer edge (101), wherein a rigid central portion (111) of the first body part (20) is dimensioned to conform to substantially planar portions of the internal surface (71) of the first boundary flange (17) and the internal surface (71) of the second boundary flange (17) of the horizontal bridging member (11), such that the first body part (20) makes at least two points of contact with the internal surface (71) of one of the first and second boundary flanges (17) and at least one point of contact with the internal surface (71) of the other of the first and second boundary flanges (17);
- ii. a first interior surface (21) and a first exterior surface (22) opposite the first interior surface (21), one of the first interior surface (21) and the first exterior surface (22) facing the bridging member (11), wherein:
- (a) the first body part (20) has a first side boundary (33) and a second side boundary (33);
- and
- (b) the central portion (111) of the bridging connector (19) is bounded by a first straight borderline (130) and a second straight borderline (130), the first and second borderlines (130) being mutually parallel and having a spacing that matches that of the first and second outer edges (129) of the first and second boundary flanges (17), respectively, of the bridging member (11).
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The building connection (1) of claim 26 wherein the central portion (111) of the second body part (20) comprises:
- a. a central web portion (112) having a first border (113) and a second border (113), an inside surface (115) and an outside surface (116);
- b. a first border extension (117) joined to the first border (113), the first border extension (117) having an inside surface (118) and an outside surface (119);
- c. a second border extension (117) joined to the second border (113), the second border extension (120) having an inside surface (118) and an outside surface (119);
- wherein
- i. the central web portion (112) of the second body part (20) is angularly related to the first border extension (117) and the second border extension (120).
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.