Patent ID: 8353135
Filing Date: 2013-01-15
Classification: E04B,E04H

Abstract:
1. A joint connection comprising: a brace assembly positioned diagonally between two columns of a structural frame, the brace assembly having a first brace and a second brace that is separated from the first brace, the first brace having a first brace connection plate affixed to a surface of the first brace and having at least one first hole formed therethrough, the second brace having a second brace connection plate affixed to a surface of the second brace and having at least one second hole formed therethrough; a connecting plate having at least a third hole and a fourth hole formed therethrough, the third hole aligned with the at least one first hole of the first brace and the fourth hole aligned with the at least one second hole of the second brace, the holes in at least one of the group of the first hole and the second hole and the group of the third hole and the fourth hole being slots aligned in a direction of the first and second braces; at least one first pin positioned through the at least one first hole and the at least one third hole connecting the first brace to the connecting plate; and at least one second pin positioned through the at least one second hole and the at least one fourth hole connecting the second brace to the connecting plate, the joint connection accommodating a slippage of at least one of the first and second braces relative to each other when the joint connection is subject to a seismic load, wherein,