US 12,338,617 B2
Resilient connector and methods of use of same
Nelson Del Rio, Redding, CA (US); Phong Anh Le, Los Angeles, CA (US); Timothy Bryce Miller, Sacramento, CA (US); Przemyslaw Olszewski, Portland, OR (US); Roger Paul Young, Irvine, CA (US); Dayu Li, Irvine, CA (US); Faizan Sidiqui, Irvine, CA (US); and Arshia Keivan, Irvine, CA (US)
Assigned to Blokable, LLC, Sacramento, CA (US)
Filed by Blokable, LLC, Sacramento, CA (US)
Filed on Jun. 30, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/855,618.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/245,061, filed on Sep. 16, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/218,227, filed on Jul. 2, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0003243 A1, Jan. 5, 2023
Int. Cl. F16B 9/00 (2006.01); E04B 1/24 (2006.01)
CPC E04B 1/2403 (2013.01) [E04B 2001/2406 (2013.01); E04B 2001/2457 (2013.01)] 24 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A connector comprising:
a joint member including a tubular outer wall;
a bracket secured to the tubular outer wall, the bracket including a first bracket through hole that extends along a first axis, the bracket further including a second bracket through hole that extends along a second axis that is perpendicular to the first axis;
a sleeve having a first sleeve through hole that extends along a third axis, the sleeve further including a second sleeve through hole that extends along a fourth axis that is perpendicular to the third axis;
a pin insertable through both the second bracket through hole and the second sleeve through hole to rotatably couple the bracket and the sleeve; and
a yield plate having a first terminal end portion, a second terminal end portion, and an intermediate portion between the first terminal end portion and the second terminal end portion, the yield plate including a first plate through hole that extends through the first terminal end portion along a fifth axis, and the yield plate further including a second plate through hole that extends through the second terminal end portion along a sixth axis,
wherein a width of the intermediate portion measured perpendicular to the first direction is less than a width of the first terminal end portion and is also less than a width of the second terminal end portion, and
wherein the yield plate is securable to the bracket via insertion of a first fastener through both the first bracket through hole and the first plate through hole, and the yield plate is securable to the sleeve via insertion of a second fastener through both the first sleeve through hole and the second plate through hole.