Patent ID: 9586667
Date: 2017-03-07
CPC Classifications: B64C,Y10T

Claim:
1. A pair of splice brackets for joining a pair of structural components, each splice bracket of said pair of splice brackets comprising: a longitudinal axis; a connecting member configured to be connected to an end of one of said pair of structural components; and a mating member extending from said connecting member along said longitudinal axis, said mating member comprising a mating surface disposed at a non-zero angle relative to said longitudinal axis, wherein a first connecting member of a first splice bracket of said pair of splice brackets connects to a first end of a first structural component of said pair of structural components and a second connecting member of a second splice bracket of said pair of splice brackets connects to a second end of a second structural component of said pair of structural components, being positioned end-to-end and non-aligned with said first structural component, with a first mating surface of a first mating member of said first splice bracket and a second mating surface of a second mating member of said second splice bracket in direct surface contact to join said first structural component and said second structural component together, and wherein an axial position of at least one of said first splice bracket and said second splice bracket relative to each other and a respective end of at least one of said first structural component and said second structural component is variable to determine said direct surface contact and account for different magnitudes of nonalignment between said first structural component and said second structural component.