Halo/spider, full-moment, column/beam connection in a building frame
US7941985B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 30, 2008 |
| Grant date | May 17, 2011 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 15, 2029 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC E)Fixed Constructions
- CPC primaryE04B2001/2454
- WIPO fieldCivil engineering
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
A column/beam connection in a building frame, including an elongate column having faces which join through corners, an elongate beam having an end, and a full-moment nodal connection connecting the end of the beam to the column solely through a pair of next-adjacent corners in the column, with the beam end, as so connected, being spaced from the column face which lies between the mentioned pair of corners. The connection per se features (a) plural standoffs joined to and extending, one each, outwardly from the column's corners at a selected, common elevation located along the length of the column, and (b) a halo collar joined through a gravity-seat-and-lock, full-moment interface connection to each of the standoffs, and, as so joined, spaced by the standoffs from the column faces which lie between the column corners.
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