Patent ID: 6739099
Filing Date: 2004-05-25
Classification: E04B,E04C,Y10T

Abstract:
A column-and-beam join structure comprising:a steel column and a steel beam, said steel beam having first and second flanges with ends of the first and second flanges of said steel beam adjacent to said steel column; a pair of split tees comprising a first split tee and a second split tee, with each split tee having a flange and a web; said flange of each split tee connected to said steel column by bolts; wherein the web of each split tee has a base end portion adjacent to the flange of the split tee, an opposite tip end portion axially spaced from the base end position, and a divided portion located between the base end portion and the tip end portion; said web of said first split tee connected to the end of said first flange of said steel beam by bolts at the tip end portion of said web of said first split tee; said web of said second split tee connected to the end of said second flange of said steel beam by bolts at the tip end portion of said web of said second split tee; wherein for either one or both of said first split tee and said second split tee, the divided portion of the web has a cross-sectional area smaller than the cross-sectional area of the base end portion of the web adjacent to the divided portion and smaller than the cross-section area of the tip end portion of the web adjacent to the divided portion.