US 12,449,090 B2
Attachment device for clamping to a structural component
Hemraj Keda Thorat, Pune (IN); Harshad Keskar, Pune (IN); Amol Anil Khalkar, Pune (IN); and Jason Sabel, Northborough, MA (US)
Assigned to EATON INTELLIGENT POWER LIMITED, Dublin (IE)
Filed by Eaton Intelligent Power Limited, Dublin (IE)
Filed on Jul. 15, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/376,979.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/053,156, filed on Jul. 17, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0018495 A1, Jan. 20, 2022
Int. Cl. F16B 2/06 (2006.01); F16M 13/02 (2006.01)
CPC F16M 13/02 (2013.01) [F16B 2/06 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An attachment device for attaching to a structural component of a building to couple a fitting to the structural component, wherein the structural component has a web portion and a flange extending from an edge margin of the web portion, the attachment device comprising:
a plate member configured to be attached directly to the structural component and engaged by the fitting to mount the fitting to the attachment device for coupling the fitting to the structural component,
wherein the plate member comprises:
a web-engaging planar portion configured to engage the web portion of the structural component, wherein the web-engaging planar portion is located within a first plane region;
a lower planar portion configured to receive a fastener for securing the attachment device to the structural component wherein the lower planar portion is located within a second plane region, wherein the second plane region is spaced away from the first plane region along a first direction, and
a recess disposed between the web-engaging planar portion and the lower planar portion, the recess defined by a first planar portion extending orthogonally from the web-engaging planar portion and a second planar portion extending downwardly from the first planar portion, the recess being configured to receive the flange of the structural component between the first and second planar portions.