Patent ID: 7441692

Claim:
A method for correctness-stabilizing a distorted transverse cross section of a beam end of an elongate structural beam during weld attachment of the beam end to a beam-end mounting component having an attaching side intended to confront the beam end, said method comprising: configurationally correcting and capturing an end transverse footprint of such a beam with an external structure in the form of the beam-end mounting component to lock that footprint against subsequent configuration change, by providing a defined male attaching portion at the beam end, forming, in the beam-end mounting component's attaching side, at least a partial, matching-cross-section female reception structure which is adapted snuggly to receive the distorted transverse cross section of the beam end and its male attaching portion of the mentioned beam end, inserting the beam-end male attaching portion into the beam-end mounting component's female reception structure, assuring the presence, at the beam end, of a configurationally correct transverse cross section, to produce a weld-poised, captured condition between the beam end and the beam-end mounting component, and while holding that poised condition, producing a weld between the beam end and the beam-end mounting component.