IP Library Granted Patent US 9,797,125
Granted Patent B2
US 9,797,125 · App. 14/864,454 · Granted Oct 24, 2017

Connecting member for column and connection structure of column

Inventors: Hideaki Takahashi (Tokyo, JP); Kumiko Masuda (Matsudo, JP); Hidenori Tanaka (Funabashi, JP)
Assignee: SENQCIA CORPORATION
E04B1/2403E04B2001/246E04B2001/2451E04B2001/2454
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Patent No.
US 9,797,125
App. No.
14/864,454
Granted
Oct 24, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

A cutout part is formed at the approximate center of the connecting member. The cutout part in the connecting member is a circular penetrating hole that penetrates a convex part and a main body part. On the side of a lower surface of the connecting member, the convex part is formed around the cutout part. The convex part includes a tapered part and a rib. The tapered part gradually inclines in the direction toward the center from the side of the main body part (the side of the base part of the convex part) to the tip side (the side of the top part thereof). The rib part is formed on the edge part of the cutout part, which is the top part of the tapered part. The rib part is a part that protrudes downward from the top part of the tapered part.

Claims (20)

1. A connecting member for columns comprising:

a main body part being an approximately rectangular plate with an upper surface and a lower surface;

a convex part; and

a cutout part, which is a through hole penetrating the main body part, formed toward a direction from the lower surface to the upper surface of the main body part at a center part of the lower surface of the main body part, the convex part being provided around the cutout part on the lower surface of the main body part, and an amount of protrusion of the convex part being increased from a side of a base part of the convex part toward the cutout part, wherein:

the convex part and the cutout part are formed in line symmetry to two axes of symmetry, in which the two axes of symmetry are two perpendicular center lines passing through a center of the main body part, each of the two center lines being respectively parallel to each of two sides of the main body part.

2. The connecting member for columns according to claim 1 , wherein the convex part comprises:

a tapered part of which an amount of protrusion increases gradually from the lower surface of the main body part; and

a rib that is a top part of the tapered part and formed around the cutout part.

3. A connection structure for columns comprising:

a connecting member for columns, the connecting member including:

a main body part being an approximately rectangular plate with an upper surface, a lower surface, and a convex part; and

a cutout part, which is a through hole penetrating the main body part, formed toward a direction from the lower surface to the upper surface of the main body part at a center part of the lower surface of the main body part, the convex part provided around the cutout part on the lower surface of the main body part, and an amount of protrusion of the convex part being increased from a side of a base part of the convex part toward the cutout part, the convex part including: (i) a tapered part of which an amount of protrusion increases gradually from the lower surface of the main body part, and (ii) a rib that is a top part of the tapered part and formed around the cutout part, wherein:

the convex part and the cutout part are formed in line symmetry to two axes of symmetry, in which the two axes of symmetry are two perpendicular center lines passing through a center of the main body part, each of the two center lines being respectively parallel to each of two sides of the main body part;

a hollow first column connected to the lower surface of the connecting member; and

a hollow second column, which is smaller in size than the hollow first column, connected to the upper surface of the connecting member, wherein all outer side faces of the hollow second column are located outside of an inner edge of the rib in a planar view.

4. The connection structure for columns according to claim 3 , wherein:

the hollow second column is eccentric at least to one side of the main body part;

a position of an outer side face of the hollow second column on one side of the main body part is, in planar view, located in the same location as a corresponding outer side face of the hollow first column; and

a center position of a thickness of a side of the hollow second column closest to the cutout part, which is on a side opposite to the outer side face of the hollow second column that is located in the same location as the corresponding outer side face of the hollow first column, is positioned, in planar view, within a range of the lower surface of the main body part where the convex part is provided.

5. The connection structure for columns according to claim 4 , wherein a center position of a thickness of a side of the hollow second column closest to the cutout part, which is on a side opposite to the outer side face of the hollow second column that is located in the same location as the corresponding outer side face of the hollow first column, is positioned, in planar view, within a range of the lower surface of the main body part where the rib of the convex part is provided.

Assignments (4)
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Apr 16, 2020
From: SENQCIA CORPORATION
To: SENQCIA CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 052411/0216 →
MERGER AND CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Mar 18, 2016
From: HITACHI METALS TECHNO, LTD.; SENQCIA CO, LTD.
To: SENQCIA CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 038031/0220 →
MERGER AND CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Mar 14, 2016
From: HITACHI METALS TECHNO, LTD.; SENQCIA CO, LTD.
To: SENQCIA CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 037966/0466 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 24, 2015
From: TAKAHASHI, HIDEAKI; MASUDA, KUMIKO; TANAKA, HIDENORI
To: HITACHI METALS TECHNO, LTD.
Reel/Frame 036650/0581 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2014-200120 · Sep 30, 2014 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20160090729A1 · Mar 31, 2016