US 11,717,919 B2
Methods and apparatus for assembly of moment connection components
John S. Boyd, Tiburon, CA (US); Kevin Marek, Hayward, CA (US); Eric Bellman, Hayward, CA (US); Maxwell C. Simmons, Hayward, CA (US); Robert J. Simmons, Hayward, CA (US); and Brian Hood, San Francisco, CA (US)
Assigned to ConXtech, Inc., Pleasanton, CA (US)
Filed by ConXtech, Inc., Pleasanton, CA (US)
Filed on Feb. 8, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/271,751.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/628,823, filed on Feb. 9, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/628,807, filed on Feb. 9, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2019/0247962 A1, Aug. 15, 2019
Int. Cl. B23K 37/04 (2006.01); E04C 3/06 (2006.01); E04G 21/16 (2006.01); E04B 1/24 (2006.01); B23K 101/24 (2006.01); B23K 101/28 (2006.01)
CPC B23K 37/04 (2013.01) [B23K 37/0426 (2013.01); B23K 37/0452 (2013.01); E04C 3/06 (2013.01); E04G 21/16 (2013.01); B23K 2101/24 (2018.08); B23K 2101/28 (2018.08); E04B 1/2403 (2013.01); E04B 2001/2415 (2013.01)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A beam-end component welding fixture, comprising:
a stand including a central horizontal axle mechanism and a housing;
a handle mounted on a first end portion of the axle mechanism;
a rotatable plate structure mounted on a second end portion of the axle mechanism; and
a column connecting simulator attached to the plate structure, including a pair of collar corner simulators, and configured to support a collar flange assembly;
wherein each collar corner simulator includes a stop member extending outward from a lower end portion for setting a precise vertical location of the collar flange assembly.