Slip Clip

• US 20180066424A1
• Filed: 09/01/2017
• Published: 03/08/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 09/02/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Simpson Strong-Tie Company Incorporated (Simpson Manufacturing Company Incorporated)
• Original Assignee: Simpson Strong-Tie Company Incorporated (Simpson Manufacturing Company Incorporated)
• Inventors: Daudet, Larry Randall
• Granted Patent: US 10,724,229 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: E04B 1/2403 Connection details of the elongated load-supporting parts
• CPC Class Codes: E04B 1/2608 Connectors made from folded sheet metal E04B1/2612 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: E04B 1/388 Separate connecting elements Connecting devices specially adapted for embedding in concrete E04B1/41; Dowels, i.e. members adapted to penetrate the surfaces of two parts and to take the shear stresses E04B1/48
• CPC Class Codes: E04B 2/768 allowing vertical movement of upper rail with respect to the stud, e.g. by using slots in the rail or stud
• CPC Class Codes: E04B 2001/2415 Brackets, gussets, joining plates
• CPC Class Codes: E04B 2001/2439 Adjustable connections, e.g. using elongated slots or threaded adjustment elements
• CPC Class Codes: E04B 2001/2448 Connections between open section profiles
• CPC Class Codes: E04B 2001/389 Brackets
• CPC Class Codes: F16B 37/0842 fastened to the threaded bolt with snap-on-action, e.g. push-on nuts for stud bolts F16B37/0857 takes precedence; snap-on-action of a pin, spigot, shaft or the like and a member surrounding it F16B21/06
• CPC Class Codes: F16B 39/02 in which the locking takes place after screwing down F16B39/01 takes precedence; split-pins, circlips, or the like for preventing relative axial movement only F16B21/10; fastening nuts by welding or riveting F16B37/06
• CPC Class Codes: F16B 39/10 by a plate, spring, wire or ring immovable with regard to the bolt or object and mainly perpendicular to the axis of the boltF16B39/08 takes precedence

Abstract

An improved connection between supporting and supported structural members, particularly between the sheathing and framing members of curtain walls, wherein the connector is an angular member having first and second plates joined at an angular junction and the second plate is formed with a plurality of elongated slots and the fastening in the elongated slot closest to the angular juncture is reinforced.

Claims

1. A first building structural connection comprising:

a. a first structural member;

b. a second structural member;

c. a first connector, connecting said first structural member to said second structural member, said first connector having a first plate fastened to said first structural member, and a second plate fastened to said second structural member, said second plate being joined to said first plate at an angular juncture, wherein said second plate has a plurality of fastener openings, said plurality of fastener openings are formed as a plurality of substantially parallel elongated slots in said second plate, said plurality of elongated slots being disposed substantially parallel to the angular juncture between the first and second plates, and one of the elongated slots is disposed closer to the angular juncture than the other elongated slots, and at least two of the plurality of elongated slots in said second plate is a site of a fastening to the second structural member, and at least two of the plurality of elongated slots receives at least one fastener having an elongated shank and a head, wherein the elongated shank of each fastener is received in the second structural member, and each at least one fastener can move along the elongated slot in the second plate when the second structural member moves with respect to the second plate, and wherein the elongated slot disposed closer to the angular juncture than the other elongated slots is one of the at least two of the plurality of elongated slots that is a site of a fastening to the second structural member and receives at least one fastener having an elongated shank and a head, and an additional fastener anchoring member is provided to the fastening in the elongated slot closest to the angular juncture.

2. The building structural connection of claim 1, wherein:

the additional fastener anchoring member is one or more additional fasteners placed in the elongated slot that is closest to the angular juncture, and the one or more additional fasteners are also received by the second structural member.

3. The building structural connection of claim 2, wherein:

the elongated slot closest to the angular juncture is longer than the other elongated slots in the second plate.

4. The building structural connection of claim 1, wherein:

a. the second structural member has an attachment face and an opposite face, and the angular connector is preferably disposed on the attachment face; and

b. the additional fastener anchoring member is a clip provided on the elongated shank of the fastener on a portion of the fastener emerging from the opposite face of the second structural member.

5. The building structural connection of claim 1, wherein:

a. the second structural member has an attachment face and an opposite face, and the angular connector is preferably disposed on the attachment face; and

b. the additional fastener anchoring member is a weld provided on the elongated shank of the fastener on a portion of the fastener emerging from the opposite face of the second structural member.

6. The building structural connection of claim 5, wherein:

the weld provided on the elongated shank of the fastener connects is also provided on the second structural member.

7. The building structural connection of claim 1, wherein:

a. the second structural member has an attachment face and an opposite face, and the angular connector is preferably disposed on the attachment face; and

b. the additional fastener anchoring member is a stop provided on the elongated shank of the fastener on a portion of the fastener emerging from the opposite face of the second structural member.

8. The building structural connection of claim 7, wherein:

the stop is a nut engaging threads on the elongated shank of the fastener.

9. The building structural connection of claim 1 further comprising:

one or more gusset darts in the angular juncture that reinforce the angular juncture;

10. The building structural connection of claim 1 wherein:

said fasteners that attach said second plate to said second structural member are screws.

11. The building structural connection of claim 10 wherein:

said fasteners that attach said second plate to said second structural member are shouldered screws.

12. The building structural connection of claim 1 wherein:

said first structural member is fastened to said first connector so that said first building structural member cannot move relative said first plate of said angular connector.

13. The building structural connection of claim 1, wherein:

each of the plurality of elongated slots in the second plate is the site of a fastening to the second structural member.

14. The building structural connection of claim 1, wherein:

a. said first structural member is horizontally disposed member, and

b. said first structural member is a vertically disposed member that is part of a wall.

15. The building structural connection of claim 1, wherein:

a. the elongated slots in the second plate are of equal width; and

b. the fasteners received in the second structural member are of similar dimensions.