Patent ID: 8925278
Filing Date: 2015-01-06
Classification: E04B

Abstract:
1. A connecting fitting used for forming a bearing wall which includes a pair of vertical frames and a pair of lateral frames disposed to make up a frame shape and braces that support forces generated in the vertical frames and the lateral frames, and which is fixed to at least one of a foundation and a beam member of a building, the connecting fitting being capable of connecting an end section of each vertical frame and an end section of each lateral frame, and comprising: a vertical frame attachment section that can be attached to an inner surface of the vertical frame, by way of a threaded member, in a state where the vertical frame attachment section is disposed along the inner surface of the vertical frame facing inward in a state of being disposed to make up a frame shape; a brace attachment section, connected to the vertical frame attachment section, which enables attachment of an end of the brace at a position inward of the vertical frame attachment section; and a fixing plate, welded to the vertical frame attachment section, which can be fixed to the beam member or the foundation in a state where the fixing plate is disposed along an outer surface of the lateral frame facing outward in a state of being disposed to make up a frame shape; wherein each vertical frame has a vertical web, a pair of vertical flanges rising inward from both edges of the vertical web, and a pair of vertical lips extending from the pair of vertical flanges in a direction of coming close to each other; the connecting fitting further comprises a vertical fitting section capable of fitting into the vertical frame along the longitudinal direction of the vertical frame, and a pair of extension sections extending parallelly to each other from the vertical fitting section at a spacing that enables passage between the pair of vertical lips; and the brace attachment section is welded to the pair of extension sections in a state where the brace attachment section is disposed so as to straddle across the pair of extension sections.