Abstract: A wood framing hanger including an angle element having a top flange adapted for connection to the top side of a wood structural member and a lower depending flange formed at a substantially right angle. The hanger also includes a stirrup element having a seat and right angularly related side flanges. The stirrup flanges are one half the width of the seat and welded at their upper edges to the depending flange of the angle element. The top flange angle element is formed with nailing tabs at one end and a welding tongue at the other end. The top flange configuration is devised as a nested progressive for high production automated tooling. Likewise the stirrup element is designed for high-production automated tooling and any size may be made from the same single die system using different width coil stock.

Abstract: A truss hanger for trusses in which the top chord consists of a pair of parallel wood members and the end web is a metal member such as a tube formed with a flattened end. The hanger is fabricated from flat sheet metal using standard punch-press operations. The ends of the metal webs are connected to the hangers so that the web load is transferred directly to the hanger via metal-to-metal contact.

Abstract: A ridge-joint connector assembly for trusses having a top chord which consists of a pair of juxtaposed parallel wood lumber members and metal web members. The assembly connects the abutting ends of the pitched lumber members and the metal chord members. The assembly consists of two pairs of metal fastener plates, a pair of ridge end-butt inserts and an elongated metal load transfer member.