Patent ID: 6187451
Filing Date: 2001-02-13
Classification: F41H,Y10T

Abstract:
A system of joining first and second metal plates at an angle to one another comprising:providing a connecting element with a first and second semi-circular rounded lobe, wherein the first and second lobes are disposed at an angle to one another corresponding to the angle of first and second metal plates to one another;welding the first lobe of the connecting element to the first plate and the second lobe to the second plate near to an outside edge of the respective plate thereof to form a U-shaped welded region such that the ends thereof are directed to the outside edge of the plate such that a crack formed in the weld will tend to propagate along the weld to the outside of the plate; andwelding a triangular gusset to the first and second lobes of the connecting element for reinforcement thereof.