Patent ID: 6138427
Filing Date: 2000-10-31
Classification: E04B,E04G

Abstract:
A beam-to-column structural joint connection comprising a beam and a column, said structural joint connection further comprised of two gusset plates disposed in parallel relationship on opposite sides of said column and fixedly attached with respect to said column and said beam, said gusset plates facing each other across said column,wherein said beam has two ends, one end disposed at or near said column and the other end disposed away from said column,wherein each of said gusset plates has a length which, at least, extends across said column and away from said column along the sides of said beam,wherein said gusset plates have a width extending along said column for at least the width of said beam,wherein is included a plurality of angle irons,wherein each said angle iron extends longitudinally in length,wherein said gusset plates are fixedly attached with respect to said column and said beam,wherein said gusset plates are fixedly attached with respect to one or both of said column and said beam by each of said angle irons being fixedly attached to a respective one of said gusset plates and a respective one of (a) said beam or (b) said column,wherein the longitudinal length of each said angle iron lies substantially along the longitudinal length of its respective said beam or said column,wherein each of said longitudinally-extending angle irons is fixedly attached to a respective one of (a) said beam or (b) said column, for substantially the same or a greater length that said gusset plates extend along said one of said beam or said column.