Tension tie assembly

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10538909-B2
Application number	US-201916393089-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 24, 2019
Priority date	Apr 5, 2017
Publication date	Jan 21, 2020
Grant date	Jan 21, 2020

Abstract

A tension tie assembly for attachment of a first building member to a second building member under tension. The assembly includes a tie with a ball on one end that attaches to a first anchoring member on the first building member and a threaded stud on the opposite end that attaches to a second anchoring member on the second building member. A cable extends between the ball and the stud. The ball may be retained in a rotatable engagement by the first anchoring member. The force of tension on the tie can be adjusted after attachment to the first and second building members. The adjustability of tension can be provided by a threaded connection between sub-elements of the tie such a nut threaded to the stud.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An assembly for tying a first building member to a second building member under tension comprising:
a first anchoring member connected to the first building member;
a second anchoring member connected to the second building member; and
a tie comprising an elongate cable extending between a ball retained by the first anchoring member and a threaded stud retained by the second anchoring member, wherein
the tie is under tension between the first anchoring member and second anchoring member and said tension can be increased or decreased after connection of the tie to the first and second anchor members via threading of the threaded stud, and
the second anchoring member is a pin having a bore extending therethrough and the stud is retained within the bore.

2. The assembly of claim 1 , wherein the stud extends through the bore and carries a distal threaded nut on a distal end.

3. The assembly of claim 2 , wherein the tension can be increased or decreased via threading the nut in opposite directions.

4. The assembly of claim 1 , wherein the first anchoring member is a swage bracket that retains the ball in a socket.

5. The assembly of claim 1 , wherein the ball is rotatable relative to the first anchoring member when retained thereby.

6. The assembly of claim 1 , wherein the second building member is a joist extending from the first building member, wherein the joist has two opposite sides and the pin extends through the joist from a first side to the opposite second side of the joist with the bore exposed on the second side, and the threaded stud is positioned within the bore.

7. The assembly of claim 6 , wherein the stud extends through the bore and carries a nut threaded on a distal end that anchors the stud to the pin.

8. The assembly of claim 7 , wherein the pin has an outwardly extending annular flange on an end opposite from bore that abuts the first side of the joist.

9. A building system for maintaining a first building member and a second building member under tension comprising:
a first building member;
a second building member attached to the first building member;
a first anchoring member attached to the first building member;
a second anchoring member attached to the second building member; and
a tie having a ball on one end and a threaded stud on an opposite end with an elongate cable extending therebetween, wherein
the ball is retained by the first anchoring member and the threaded stud is retained by the second anchoring member with the cable extending therebetween under tension, and
the second anchoring member is a pin that extends through the second building member and comprises a hole on one end of the second building member that is engaged with the stud.

10. The assembly of claim 9 , comprising a nut with a threaded opening threaded at a distal end of the stud and abutting the second anchoring member to secure the stud.

11. The assembly of claim 10 , wherein tension in the tie is adjusted via threading of the nut and rod.

12. The assembly of claim 9 , wherein the first anchoring member is a swage bracket that defines a socket that retains the ball in a rotational relationship.

13. The assembly of claim 9 , wherein the first anchoring member is a swage bracket that retains the ball in a rotational relationship and the second anchoring member is a pin that defines a bore that receives the threaded stud, whereby tension in the tie is adjustable via threading of the stud.

14. The assembly of claim 13 , wherein the stud extends through the pin with a distal end exposed and carries a nut threaded on the distal end, and wherein tension is adjustable via threading of the nut on the stud in opposite directions to loosen or tighten tension.

15. A building system for maintaining a first building member and a second building member under tension comprising:
a first building member;
a second building member in engagement with the first building member;
a first anchoring member attached to the first building member;
a second anchoring member comprising a pin attached to the second building member and providing a through opening; and
a tie having a ball on one end and a threaded stud on an opposite end with an elongate cable extending therebetween, wherein
the ball is retained by the first anchoring member in a socket allowing the ball to rotate relative to the first anchoring member and the threaded stud extends through the through opening of the pin and carries a threaded nut on a distal end with the cable extending therebetween under tension, and
the tension on the cable is adjustable via rotation of the nut along the threaded stud.

16. The building system of claim 15 , wherein second building member has a first side and an opposite second side, and the pin has an outwardly extending annular flange on an end opposite from bore that abuts the first side of the joist with the bore exposed on the second side.

17. The building system of claim 16 , wherein the first side defines a first surface and a portion of the flange penetrates the first surface.

18. The building system of claim 9 , wherein second building member has a first side and an opposite second side, and the pin has an outwardly extending annular flange on an end opposite from bore that abuts the first side of the joist with the bore exposed on the second side.

19. The building system of claim 18 , wherein the first side defines a first surface and a portion of the flange penetrates the first surface.

20. The building system of claim 8 , wherein the first side defines a first surface and a portion of the flange penetrates the first surface.

Assignees

• Omg Inc

Inventors

• Dicaire Mark A
• Belinda Richard L
• Guthrie Mark J
• Gillis Timothy F
• Irwin R Timothy

Classifications

• E04B2001/2644

  Brackets, gussets or joining plates · CPC title

• E04B2001/2616

  Hinged connections of wooden members · CPC title

• E04B1/2612 Primary

  Joist hangers · CPC title

• E04B1/40 Primary

  Fixed Constructions · mapped topic

• E04B1/388 Primary

  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 title