MOMENT FRAME FOR A SLOPED ROOF CONSTRUCTION

    公开(公告)号:US20220259844A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-08-18

    申请号:US17674532

    申请日:2022-02-17

    Inventor: Steven E. Pryor

    Abstract: A moment frame is disclosed for a sloped roof construction. The moment frame includes a lateral bracing system having a high initial stiffness and including yield links capable of effectively dissipating energy generated within the lateral bracing system under lateral loads.

    Moment frame connector
    2.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11299880B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-04-12

    申请号:US14618847

    申请日:2015-02-10

    Abstract: A lateral bracing system is disclosed for affixing a column to a beam in a construction. The lateral bracing system includes a pair of buckling restraint plates, one each affixed to a top and bottom flange of a beam. The lateral bracing system further includes at least one yield plate for each buckling restraint plate. Each yield plate includes a first end affixed to the column, and a second end affixed to the beam.

    KNIFE PLATE FASTENER
    3.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20220010547A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-01-13

    申请号:US16923379

    申请日:2020-07-08

    Inventor: Steven E. Pryor

    Abstract: A connector referred to herein as a knife plate, and the structural connections formed using the knife plate. The knife plate may have a first portion configured to affix to a first structural member, such as a vertical column. The knife plate may have a second portion configured to fit within a slot formed in a second structural member, such as a horizontal beam. The second structural member may be pinned to the knife plate using one or more dowels fit through the second structural member and the knife plate.

    STRUCTURAL FUSE WITH INTEGRAL SPACER PLATES

    公开(公告)号:US20210348414A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-11-11

    申请号:US17382555

    申请日:2021-07-22

    Abstract: A structural fuse is disclosed including a fuse base and a fuse plate extending from the fuse base. The fuse plate may include a reduced diameter yield section configured to yield at loads on the structural fuse above a threshold. The reduced diameter yield section includes a pair of slots on either side of the yield section, which slots receive a pair of spacers. The spacers are integrally formed as part of the fuse plate, and remain attached to the fuse plate during fabrication of the structural fuse.

    One-piece structural fuse
    6.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US10669718B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-06-02

    申请号:US15935412

    申请日:2018-03-26

    Abstract: A one-piece structural fuse assembly is disclosed that is formed from a single piece of structural steel such as a beam. In embodiments, a first flange of the beam may form the fuse base, and a portion of the web of the beam may form the fuse plate. Additionally, a buckling restraint plate of the structural fuse assembly may be formed from a second flange of the beam, and the spacers of the structural fuse assembly may be formed from a portion of the web unused by the fuse plate. In examples, all of the components cut from the single piece of the beam are used in a single structural fuse assembly.

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