US 12,410,603 B2
Column-to-beam connection systems including a shear component
Paul William Richards, Orem, UT (US)
Assigned to DURAFUSE FRAMES, LLC, West Jordan, UT (US)
Appl. No. 17/633,677
Filed by DURAFUSE FRAMES, LLC, West Jordan, UT (US)
PCT Filed Aug. 5, 2020, PCT No. PCT/US2020/044982
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Feb. 8, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/030111, PCT Pub. Date Feb. 18, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/884,901, filed on Aug. 9, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0316202 A1, Oct. 6, 2022
Int. Cl. E04B 1/24 (2006.01); E04H 9/02 (2006.01)
CPC E04B 1/2403 (2013.01) [E04H 9/024 (2013.01); E04B 2001/2445 (2013.01); E04B 2001/2448 (2013.01); E04B 2001/2457 (2013.01); E04B 2001/2496 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A moment-resisting frame, comprising:
a column having a column flange, the column flange exhibiting a column width measured from a first edge of the column flange to a second edge of the column flange, wherein the second edge is opposite the first edge;
a beam including a first beam flange and a second beam flange opposite the first beam flange; and
a shear component connected to the column flange and one of the first beam flange or the second beam flange, the shear component including:
a base plate connected to the column flange; and
at least one vertical web extending from the base plate, the at least one vertical web defining one or more openings therein, the one or more openings exhibiting an elongated shape oriented such that a longitudinal axis thereof is substantially parallel to the flange of the beam, the vertical web configured to yield and form at least one yielded region between the one or more openings and at least one of an adjacent opening or a lateral edge of the vertical web, the lateral edge extending from the base plate towards the flange of the beam.