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US 2025/0180050 A1Published application
Strut and clip assembly for stiffening a hanger rod
AssigneeERICO International Corporation
InventorDaniel C. Duggan
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Abstract
A hanger-rod clip can be configured for use with a strut that at least partially surrounds a hanger rod to provide stiffness to the hanger rod. The hanger-rod clip can include a handle portion and a rod-clamping portion. The rod-clamping portion can be configured to urge the hanger rod into engagement with an internal surface of the strut as the handle portion is moved towards the strut.
Claims20
A hanger-rod clip comprising:
- a rod-engaging wall oriented to engage a hanger rod within a channel of a strut, with the hanger rod extending along an elongate direction of the channel and the hanger-rod clip received into the channel in an insertion direction that is transverse to the elongate direction;
- wings extending transverse to the rod-engaging wall and oriented to engage, within the channel, inner surfaces of the strut, with the hanger-rod clip received into the channel in the insertion direction;
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- a handle that is movable, with the hanger-rod clip received into the channel in the insertion direction, to place the hanger-rod clip in a secured configuration in which the wings engage the inner surfaces of the strut on opposing sides of the channel to resiliently urge the hanger rod, via the rod-engaging wall, into an internal wall of the channel.
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A hanger-rod clip comprising:
- a rod-engagement surface configured to engage a hanger rod within a channel of a strut, with the hanger rod extending along an elongate direction of the channel and the hanger-rod clip received into the channel in an insertion direction that is transverse to the elongate direction;
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- wings extending integrally from the rod-engagement surface and configured to engage opposed lips of the strut to urge the rod-engagement surface into engagement with the hanger rod;
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- a grip portion extending integrally from the wings, the grip portion being movable to engage the wings with the opposed lips of the strut and thereby resiliently urge the hanger rod, via the rod-engagement surface, into an internal wall of the channel.
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A method of providing stiffness to a hanger rod that is received by a strut, the method comprising:
- aligning the hanger rod within a channel of the strut, with the hanger rod extending along an elongate direction of the channel;
- inserting a hanger-rod clip into the channel in an insertion direction that is transverse to the elongate direction, so that a rod-engaging wall of the hanger-rod clip engages the hanger rod within the channel;
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- moving a handle of the hanger-rod clip to place the hanger-rod clip in a secured configuration, with wings of the hanger-rod clip engaging inner surfaces of the strut on opposing sides of the channel to resiliently urge the hanger rod, via the rod-engaging wall, into an internal wall of the channel.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.