US 2021/0340754 A1Published application

Concealed structural connector

AssigneeColumbia Insurance Company

InventorsSteven Brekke, Trent Kortenbusch

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Abstract

A concealed connector for connecting a first structural component to a second structural component includes a connection portion and a connection plate. The connection portion attaches to the second structural component. The connection plate attaches to the first structural component. The connection plate is coupled to the connection portion and extends into a slot in the first structural component. The connection plate has a perforated region that is penetrated by at least one fastener to attach the connection plate to the first structural component. The perforated region is deformed by the at least one fastener to permit the at least one fastener to penetrate the perforated region of the connection plate.

Claims20

Dependent claims

A concealed connector for connecting a first structural component to a second structural component, the concealed connector comprising:

a connection portion configured to attach to the second structural component;
and
a connection plate configured to attach to the first structural component, the connection plate being attached to the connection portion and configured to extend into a slot in the first structural component, the connection plate having a perforated region having pre-formed openings therein, the openings located in at least a subregion of the perforated region being configured in relation to the size of a fastener of a plurality of fasteners to be used to make a connection between the first and second structural components so that the fastener passing through any location within the subregion of the perforated region engages and deforms the connection plate to attach the connection plate to the first structural component.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 16/866,146Filed 4 May 2020
Published: 4 Nov 2021
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification8 codes

E04B 1/2604
The supporting parts consisting of wood: connections specially adapted therefor
E04B 1/2612
Connections specially adapted therefor: joist hangers
E04B 1/2608
Connections specially adapted therefor: connectors made from folded sheet metal
E04B 2001/2648
Brackets, gussets or joining plates: located in slots of the elongated wooden members

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US 11,525,255 B2Related patent
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