Simpson Strong-Tie Company Inc.

A connection between a post and a beam is made with separate fasteners and a connector. The connector has a planar web with first and lateral side plates extending therefrom. The beam is attached to the first and second lateral side plates and an upper portion of the web of the connector by the fasteners, and the post is attached to a lower portion of the web and to side members connected to the lower portion of the web by the fasteners.

A connection between a connector, a fastener and one or more structural members is disclosed. The connector can be formed with a fastening and alignment member. The fastening and alignment member includes a projecting member and a protruding member in close proximity to a predetermined location for the fastener.

A high strength moment frame connector system is used to connect beams and columns. The moment frame connector system includes a shear tab connected between the column and beam, and a pair of T-shaped connectors connected between the column and beam. Each T-shaped connector includes a first section affixed to the column and a second section affixed to upper and lower flanges of the beam. The first section includes a notch to prevent interference between the T-shaped connector, the shear tab and/or bolted connections for those components.

An improved connection between first and second structural members, particularly between the vertical and horizontal framing members of walls, wherein the connector has first and second legs joined to a main plate formed with a plurality of elongated slots.

A one-piece, sheet metal connector connects a supported member or post that is in contact with the supporting member to the supporting member to resist upload and overturning forces. The connector partially encapsulates the post and is connected to the post and to the supporting member with fastenings.

A connection utilizing a joist hanger to hang a joist or beam from a wood structural support member such as a top plate or header in cooperation with a first plurality of fasteners such as screws and one or more substantially vertical fire-resistant panels such as drywall.

A connector is constructed so as to be partially embedded in a cementitious member and connect a post or other supported member to the cementitious member with the connector having a supporting member that is disposed above an upper surface of the cementitious member and supports a bottom surface of the post above the upper surface of the cementitious member, and the post is connected to side members of the connector that have portions that extend above the upper surface of the cementitious member.

A post cover that is formed from a plurality of separate pieces that are joined together by fastenings to make the cover where each piece is formed with a facing surface, the facing surface has a plurality of outer edges, and one or more peripheral flanges depend from one or more of the outer edges.

The present invention provides a fastener alignment guide comprising a generally planar body and an angled element arranged at an acute angle θ to the body, a first aperture arranged through the angled element and a second aperture arranged through the body, wherein the first aperture and the second apertures are aligned such that a fastener may be inserted progressively through the first and second apertures in use. The present invention also provides a slip-resisting fastener alignment guide comprising a body at least partially arranged in a first plane, the body comprising a first aperture for receiving, in use, at least a portion of a shank of a fastener; and a guidewall extending out of the first plane for guiding the fastener, in use, into the first aperture at an acute angle α to the first plane, wherein the guidewall comprises a first bearing edge or surface upon which an underside of a head of the fastener can bear in use, the body further comprises a second bearing edge or surface upon which the underside of the head of the fastener can bear in use, and the first bearing edge or surface and the second bearing edge or surface are each configured/arranged to resist movement, in use, of the fastener alignment guide relative to the fastener in a first direction parallel to the first plane. The present invention also provides a method of forming the fastener alignment guide and slip-resisting fastener alignment guide.

A connector joins a beam to a joist, the connector has two members with mating portions. The mating members are provided with shoulders that engage each other and transmit gravity loads between the members and engage angled fasteners to make the connection.