Diagonal beam joining hardware and beam connecting structure

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12565770-B2
Application number	US-202118012957-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 31, 2021
Priority date	Jul 30, 2020
Publication date	Mar 3, 2026
Grant date	Mar 3, 2026

Abstract

Diagonal beam joining hardware according to one or more embodiments includes: a beam splicing part; an extending part protruding from an appropriate intermediate part of the beam splicing part; and a beam receiving hardware mounting part bending and extending from an end edge of the extending part to form a predetermined plane angle with respect to the beam splicing part. The beam splicing part is attached and fastened to a side face of a continued beam by through bolts and penetrating the beam in the beam width direction. Beam receiving hardware is fitted in a slit formed in an end part of the diagonal beam. A contacting part of the beam receiving hardware is superimposed on the beam receiving hardware mounting part of the diagonal beam joining hardware and fastened by bolt/nut fastening.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1 . A beam connecting structure for joining at least one beam to a diagonal beam that obliquely intersects with the at least one beam in plan view using diagonal beam joining hardware such that the at least one beam is a continued beam with respect to the diagonal beam, wherein
the diagonal beam joining hardware comprising a plurality of metal sheets formed together to comprise: a first metal sheet of the plurality of metal sheets formed as a beam splicing part configured to be attached to a side face of the continued beam; a second metal sheet of the plurality of metal sheets formed as an extending part protruding from an intermediate part of the beam splicing part in a width direction of the beam splicing part so as to make a T-shape together with the beam splicing part in plan view; and a third metal sheet of the plurality of metal sheets formed as a beam receiving hardware mounting part by bending so as to extend from an end edge of the extending part to form a plane angle with respect to the beam splicing part, wherein the beam splicing part is divided by the extending part into two areas each comprising a first plurality of through holes, and the beam receiving hardware mounting part includes a second plurality of through holes configured to be connected to beam receiving hardware comprising a bracket that is attached to an end part of the diagonal beam, the beam splicing part is attached and fastened to a side face of the at least one beam by a through bolt that penetrates the at least one beam in a beam width direction, the beam receiving hardware is fitted in a slit formed in the end part of the diagonal beam, the beam receiving hardware includes: a contacting part having two edge parts and a shape of a vertically elongated rectangle; and a pair of inserting parts protruding from the two edge parts of the contacting part at a right angle and being parallel to each other, and the contacting part of the beam receiving hardware is superimposed on the beam receiving hardware mounting part of the diagonal beam joining hardware and fastened to the beam receiving hardware mounting part by a bolt and a nut.

2 . The beam connecting structure according to claim 1 , wherein
the diagonal beam is bridged at an inner corner made by two beams comprising the at least one beam and another beam orthogonally connected to each other such that the diagonal beam intersects with the two beams respectively at 45 degrees in plan view, and the diagonal beam includes a first end part and a second end part at longitudinal ends of the diagonal beam, and the first end part and the second end part of the diagonal beam are connected to a corresponding beam of the two beams by the beam receiving hardware and the diagonal beam joining hardware.

3 . The beam connecting structure according to claim 2 , wherein
the diagonal beam comprises a plurality of diagonal beams that is bridged at the inner corner made by the two beams orthogonally connected to each other such that the plurality of diagonal beams is parallel to one another, each beam of the plurality of diagonal beams includes the first end part and the second end part at the longitudinal ends thereof, and the first end part and the second end part of each of the plurality of diagonal beams are connected to a corresponding beam of the two beams by the beam receiving hardware and the diagonal beam joining hardware, a tie beam is provided between two corresponding diagonal beams of the plurality of diagonal beams such that the tie beam is orthogonal to the two corresponding diagonal beams in plan view, and the tie beam includes end parts, and each end part of the tie beam is connected to a corresponding side face of the two corresponding diagonal beams by the beam receiving hardware.

Assignees

• Sekisui House Kk

Inventors

• Sato Ryosuke
• Fukumoto Daiki
• ICHIHARI Takeshi
• Takahashi Yasuaki
• Hashimoto Dai
• Takeuchi Satoru
• Ishikawa Tatsuya

Classifications

• E04B2001/2648

  located in slots of the elongated wooden members · CPC title

• E04B1/10

  the elements consisting of wood · CPC title

• E04B2001/389

  Brackets · CPC title

• E04B2001/2644

  Brackets, gussets or joining plates · CPC title

• E04B1/2612 Primary

  Joist hangers · CPC title