Beam Clamped Patents (Class 248/72)
  • Patent number: 12062894
    Abstract: Cable clips for supporting one or more cables or wires that can be quickly and releasably affixed to metal structures for wire management purposes are provided. The cable clips include a cable holding portion and a plurality of attachment members used to quickly and releasably affixed to the cable clip to metal structures. The cable holding portion and plurality of attachment members are made of an environmentally durable material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2024
    Assignee: HUBBELL INCORPORATED
    Inventor: Kurt Naugler
  • Patent number: 12031563
    Abstract: A clamp and method of a clamp to a metal decking are described. The metal decking includes a bottom flange an a pair of webs each having a groove. The clamp is side to generally conform to the shape of the bottom flange and a the webs and includes at least two set bolts that engage the pair of grooves. The method includes positioning the clamp against a bottom flange of the metal decking and advancing two or more set bolts from the clamp into the grooves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2024
    Inventor: Steven Andrew Roth
  • Patent number: 12003206
    Abstract: A rail-based solar panel mounting system including at least one mounting bracket coupled to a mounting surface and at least one elongated rail having an open channel configuration, wherein the at least one elongated rail is coupled to the at least one mounting bracket. The mounting system also includes at least one mid-clamp assembly couplable to the at least one elongated rail, wherein the at least one mid-clamp assembly is configured to retain at least one solar panel relative to the at least one elongated rail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignee: IronRidge, Inc.
    Inventors: Roger Pedlar, Bryan Lester, Anumeha Justice, Duane Menton, Joe Greer, Alexander Parsley, Jordan Wensley
  • Patent number: 11905988
    Abstract: A clamp assembly is provided for securing a panel or fairing to an I-beam, and comprises a pair of side blocks and a clamping block, together with a single bolt to secure them in place. Each of the side blocks as an inclined wedge surface, and the T-shaped clamping block has similarly sloped wedge surfaces along the sides of the leg of the T. When a bolt this passed through side legs of the side blocks, and through or under the clamping block, a sliding and wedging action between the inclined and sloped wedge surfaces occurs. Moreover, a clamping action between the top surface of the clamping block and the lower surface of the lower flanges of the I-beam is also induced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Laydon Composites Ltd.
    Inventors: Joseph Mancina, James D. Haws, Miroslav Vukovic, Andriy N. Prokudin
  • Patent number: 11892029
    Abstract: A clip for holding two flat elements joined together at their main face. The clip comprises a lower wall, an upper wall, and two side walls, the walls defining a closed volume. The side walls are provided with a groove having an end that opens into a face referred to as the “front face” of the clip. The grooves are configured to insert the clip by its front face onto the two joined flat elements and are each delimited by a contour having an upper segment and a lower segment opposite the upper segment. According to the present disclosure, the side walls each have, on their respective outwardly facing faces, a flat holding flange that extends along a rectilinear portion of the lower segment of the groove and provides a contact surface with one of the flat elements. The present disclosure also relates to an assembly comprising such a clip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: A. RAYMOND ET CIE
    Inventor: Antoine Legall
  • Patent number: 11703150
    Abstract: A fitting for engaging a brace member can include a fitting body defining a body opening extending laterally therethrough, the fitting body further defining a top contact surface and a bottom contact surface; a first jaw connected to the fitting body at a proximal first jaw end, the first jaw oriented perpendicular to the body opening; a second jaw connected to the fitting body at a proximal second jaw end, a the second jaw perpendicular to the body opening and disposed between the top contact surface and the bottom contact surface, wherein the top contact surface extends between the proximal first jaw end and the proximal second jaw end; and a slot defined between the first jaw and the second jaw.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: ASC Engineered Solutions, LLC
    Inventor: Gregory Nicholas Stagliano Ohnemus
  • Patent number: 11655917
    Abstract: Disclosed is a pipe vibration-proof channel capable of preventing vibration generated in a pipe from being transferred to the outside. Here, since a vertical channel connected to a horizontal channel on which the pipe is disposed is disposed to be separated from a structural section steel member, it is possible to prevent the vibration generated in the pipe from being transferred to the structural section steel member. Also, since a vibration-proof unit capable of absorbing the vibration of the pipe is disposed on a pipe fixing portion configured to fix a vibration-proof bracket and the pipe, it is possible to prevent the vibration of the pipe from being transferred to the vertical channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Inventor: Chang Su Lim
  • Patent number: 11518322
    Abstract: A boom for an electrical harness, including a straight bar extending in a longitudinal direction, and several supports distributed along and attached to the bar, to which supports at least one electrical harness is connected in operation. The bar includes at least two parts configured to slide relative to one another in the longitudinal direction so that a length of the bar can be adjusted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS SAS
    Inventors: Gérard Millet, Vincent Delpy
  • Patent number: 11486538
    Abstract: A hanger device structurally configured to couple at an edge of a horizontal support is disclosed and described, the hanger device including a hanger support including a horizontal top support having a planar undersurface structurally configured to rest on an upper surface of the horizontal support when in use and an edge extension extending downwardly from the top support and configured to abut an edge of the horizontal support. The hanger device can further include a lower hanger coupled to and extending downwardly from the edge extension, a lower hook coupled to the lower hanger and oriented to suspend a decorative item therefrom, and an engagement lock slidably coupled to the lower hanger and configured to contact a bottom surface of the horizontal support opposite the horizontal top support to secure the hanger device to the horizontal support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: Shining Sea Trading Company
    Inventor: Jared Hendricks
  • Patent number: 11326666
    Abstract: A low passive intermodulation (PIM) angle adapter fabricated from or coated with a polymeric material supports one or more cable support hangers. The low-PIM angle adapter includes a box frame integrally formed with a slot frame, where the box frame supports one or more cable hangers and the slot frame slides onto a support structure to position the angle adapter on the support structure. The low-PIM angle adapter also includes one or more cable tie slots the receive cable ties that secure the angle adapter to the support structure. Various embodiments include differently shaped box frames designed to support one or more cable hangers, such hex, rectangular, trapezoidal and square box frames. The box frames may include multiple receptacles for receiving multiple cable hangers. Cable blocks and brackets also may be used to connect multiple cable hangers to a single receptacle of the low-PIM angle adapter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: ConcealFab Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas Bell, Steve Rogers, Jacob Lovelady
  • Patent number: 11186963
    Abstract: A bracket for installation onto a bucket of a front end loader. The bracket is configured for installation and removal from the bucket without the use of a tool, and includes an inner member configured to be received by the bucket, an outer member configured to be located around portions of the inner member and the bucket, and a lock configured to extend through a portion of the inner member and the outer member when the bracket is installed onto the bucket to maintain the outer member and the inner member from moving relative to one another when installed onto the bucket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: Hardparts Design, LLC
    Inventor: Ryan Clearman
  • Patent number: 11085569
    Abstract: A pipe support system is disclosed for protecting industrial piping from fatigue and failure caused by vibrational and thermal forces. The inventive slide bearing pipe support system can accommodate thermal expansion and/or contraction of the pipe under high magnitude thermal loads while resisting movement of the pipe under low magnitude vibratory loads. The frictional force required to resist vibratory movement but to permit thermal movement is dependent upon the torque load provided by bolts connecting upper, lower and central slide bearing plates. The torque on these bolts is specified to generate a specific frictional force between the contact layers of the slide bearing plates, which can resist vibration of the piping under a vibratory load but permit lateral/transverse movement of the pipe under a thermal load. The inventive support system is useful for a variety of vibrational and thermal loads, and with a variety of industrial pipe sizes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: BMA Solutions Inc.
    Inventors: Timothy Bootsveld, Jaehee Chae, Carol Palynchuk, Chris Harper
  • Patent number: 11025191
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are various methods, systems, and apparatuses relating to vertical structural supports, including acute Z-shaped piers and further including vertical structural features that provide additional structural support for various types of piers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: Priefert Mfg. Co, Inc.
    Inventors: William Dean Priefert, Rocky Christenberry, Tracy Metzger
  • Patent number: 10967209
    Abstract: An anchorage assembly including first and second plates that are slidably movable relative to each other, each plate comprising an upper head with an outwardly-extending flange, and the first plate including at least one spreader ramp positioned in an upper portion of the first plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventor: Michael N. Milbright
  • Patent number: 10954001
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for hanging inspection systems for aircraft from floor beams of those aircraft. One embodiment is a method that includes selecting a floor beam of an aircraft, attaching a hanging support to a floor beam, and placing an inspection system at a mount of the hanging support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventor: Richard James Bain
  • Patent number: 10935105
    Abstract: A low passive intermodulation (PIM) angle adapter fabricated from or coated with a polymeric material supports one or more cable support hangers. The low-PIM angle adapter includes a box frame integrally formed with a slot frame, where the box frame supports one or more cable hangers and the slot frame slides onto a support structure to position the angle adapter on the support structure. The low-PIM angle adapter also includes one or more cable tie slots the receive cable ties that secure the angle adapter to the support structure. Various embodiments include differently shaped box frames designed to support one or more cable hangers, such hex, rectangular, trapezoidal and square box frames. The box frames may include multiple receptacles for receiving multiple cable hangers. Cable blocks and brackets also may be used to connect multiple cable hangers to a single receptacle of the low-PIM angle adapter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: ConcealFab Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas Bell, Steve Rogers, Jacob Lovelady
  • Patent number: 10656348
    Abstract: An optical fiber clip comprises a body portion. The body portion has a flexible architecture providing flexibility between an un-flexed position and a flexed position. The body portion includes a channel there through. The channel narrows at first and second ends of the channel. The narrowed first and second ends of the channel are configured to establish an interference fit with an optical fiber received therein when the body portion is in the un-flexed position and to release the interference fit when the body portion is in the flexed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: COMMSCOPE TECHNOLOGIES LLC
    Inventor: Lawrence Sorenson
  • Patent number: 10542975
    Abstract: A surgical instrument including a handle portion, a body portion, a movable handle, a tool assembly, a drive beam and a closure apparatus is disclosed. At least one of the closure apparatus and a contact surface of the tool assembly include a plastic surface. The body portion extends distally from the handle portion. The movable handle is located on the handle portion and is in mechanical cooperation with a drive member. The tool assembly includes an anvil, a cartridge assembly and a contact surface. The drive beam includes a proximal engagement portion and is configured to engage a portion of the drive member. The closure apparatus is configured to engage the contact surface of the tool assembly. At least a partial actuation of the movable handle moves the closure apparatus distally into engagement with the contact surface to approximate the anvil and the cartridge assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Assignee: Convidien LP
    Inventor: Paul Scirica
  • Patent number: 10539267
    Abstract: The embodiments disclosed herein relate to a clip. The clip can include a base, a first arm, a second arm, and a third arm. The first arm and the second arm can be used to couple the clip to a structure. The clip can also include at least one channel for retaining an object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Inventor: Fredrick H. Olsen
  • Patent number: 10508768
    Abstract: Devices for mounting objects on space frame truss or other structural members are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Assignee: Entertainment Structural Products, Inc.
    Inventor: Michael P. A. Chouinard
  • Patent number: 10428975
    Abstract: A pipe clamp includes two clamp parts, each clamp part having a curved pipe clamping portion, and an anchoring portion formed at or near a first end of each pipe clamping portion to anchor the pipe clamp to a profile element. The anchoring portion is formed as a leg with a hammerhead. A flange is formed at a second end of each pipe clamping portion. The flanges of the clamp parts are adapted to be positioned opposite each other. A tightening member is associated with the clamp flanges for tightening them together. The curved pipe clamping portion has a varying stiffness along the curve length between the first end and the second end of the pipe clamping portion, where on average the stiffness of the pipe clamping portion decreases or increases from the first end towards the second end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: J. VAN WALRAVEN HOLDING B.V.
    Inventors: Frank Nijdam, Robert van der Mik
  • Patent number: 10415616
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to a support assembly including a set of channel supports directly coupled to a channel member, wherein each of the set of channel supports may include an opening receiving a rotatable member. The rotatable member may extend between each of the set of channel supports. The support assembly may further include a set of beam supports directly coupled to a beam, wherein each of the set of beam supports may engage an upper surface of a flange of the beam. Each of the set of beam supports may include an opening receiving the rotatable member, wherein the rotatable member extends between each of the set of beam supports. In some embodiments, the set of channel supports and the set of beam supports are rotatable relative to one another about a central axis of rotation extending through the rotatable member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: Unistrut International Corporation
    Inventor: Charles O. Nehls
  • Patent number: 10384728
    Abstract: There is provided a securing mechanism for securing a strut portion to an I-beam, the securing mechanism comprising a pair of clamps, each including a gripping portion, a securing portion, an abutting portion and a fastener for applying tension on the clamps toward each other for moving the clamps toward each other. A kit thereof and a method of installing the securing mechanism are also contemplated in the present application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: Transtex LLC
    Inventors: Mathieu Boivin, Walid Deir, Georges Bassily, Swaroop Mulenahalli Kantharaju, Elizabeth Tome, Sylvain Daoust
  • Patent number: 10337764
    Abstract: An assembly for fastening a conduit to a flashing structure that is typically secured to a shingled roof. The apparatus includes an adjustable clamp that can be secured to a cap on the flashing. A conduit is laid on top of the cap and the adjustable clamp is positioned on top of the conduit and is snapped in place along the perimeter of the cap. An adjustable bolt is threaded through the top of the clamp with a curved saddle that resides beneath the clamp and conforms to the shape of the conduit's outer surface. The bolt can then be adjusted to tighten the conduit to the cap. An exemplary use of the clamp involves securing conduit for running electrical wiring throughout a solar panel array.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: IronRidge, Inc.
    Inventors: Jon Ash, Clayton Robert Rietz, Anumeha Narain
  • Patent number: 10295116
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a clamping arrangement (24) for attaching a structural component (22) to a structural member. The structural member comprises a planar part (18) defined between two substantially parallel faces and a bulb (20) on one side only of the planar part, the bulb defining a sole surface (32) substantially orthogonal to the planar part, an oblique surface (34) and a rounded surface (36) between the sole surface and the oblique surface. The clamping arrangement (24) comprises a first clamping part (38) configured to abut against the face of the planar part directed away from the bulband to extend underneath the sole surface. The clamping arrangement (24) also comprises a second clamping part (40) defining an oblique surface which abuts against the oblique surface of the bulb.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignee: ALPHASTRUT LTD
    Inventor: Andrew Munro
  • Patent number: 10280954
    Abstract: In a clip, first and second attachment portions are coupled by a coupling portion in an open state in which a seatback spring is able to pass between the first and second attachment portions in the radial direction of the seatback spring. The first and second attachment portions swing in mutually engaging directions. The first attachment portion is formed with a first placement portion, and the second attachment portion is formed with a second placement portion. The seatback spring can accordingly be placed between the coupling portion and either the first placement portion or the second placement portion. In this placed state, the seatback spring is retained in the clip by engaging an engagement claw of the first attachment portion with a peripheral edge portion of an engagement hole of the second attachment portion, enabling fixing to an attachment portion of a lower frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignees: NIFCO INC., TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Daisuke Okamoto, Masato Arashi, Shunsuke Tanaka, Masahiro Sano
  • Patent number: 10259399
    Abstract: A tripod is used for remotely mounting cell phone to vehicle vent register without blocking air flow. One leg has a U hook rotatable for engaging to either a horizontal or vertical louver of vent register. Two other legs are bendable to position their bottom ends in contact with surface area outside of vent register, below U hook and at a sufficient distance apart, for supporting the device and preventing the rotational and swivel movements of the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Inventor: Ue-Ming Yang
  • Patent number: 10222580
    Abstract: An improved mount for, and method of mounting, an optical structure having a grooved/relieved protruding member with a damping ring therein or on is provided. The grooved/relieved protruding member may extend from the optical structure, and an upper element having a first opening extending therethrough may receive at least a portion of the grooved/relieved member in the first opening. The upper element may include second and third openings therein that operate along with the first opening and a tightening mechanism. Tightening of the tightening mechanism into at least one of the third opening and the second opening causes the ends of the head portions to draw toward each other so that the first opening of the upper element tightens around the at least a portion of the grooved/relieved protruding member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: PLX, Inc.
    Inventors: Itai Vishnia, Zvi Bleier
  • Patent number: 10100861
    Abstract: A beam clamp for securing strut to a beam includes a clamp body having a first strut engagement portion configured for engaging a first attachment structure of a strut, and a second strut engagement portion separate from the first strut engagement portion and configured for engaging a second attachment structure of a strut.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: Cooper Technologies Company
    Inventor: Zhihui Zhang
  • Patent number: 10059504
    Abstract: A marking paint applicator for a portable electronic locator that locates buried cables and pipes via electromagnetic emissions is disclosed. The marking paint application may include an elongated support structure and a trigger mechanism, along with a bracket assembly, a receptacle for holding paint, and an actuating mechanism for selectively controlling release of the paint in response to operator actuation of the trigger mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignee: SEESCAN, INC.
    Inventors: Mark S. Olsson, Michael E. Turgeon
  • Patent number: 9995430
    Abstract: An adjustable truss hanger is provided that creates a hang point that extends beyond, and outside of, the two upper chords of a horizontal box truss. Two clamps affix the truss hanger to the upper chord pair of a horizontally oriented box truss. The hanging point is provided on at least one end of the truss hanger bar, and not between the clamps, for providing the hanging point at the end of a cantilever. Objects, such as video panels and/or video walls, can thus hang in front of the horizontal truss, obscuring the truss from view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: Chauvet & Sons, LLC
    Inventor: William K. Miller
  • Patent number: 9869407
    Abstract: A system of supports for running lengths of tubing between points in a facility independent of wiring carried by cable trays. In an embodiment, each support includes a support assembly including lengths of strut channel and channel clamps secured to the strut channel. In an embodiment, each support includes a generally vertical bar attached to a structural member of the facility, one or two support assemblies clamped to the vertical body, and a removable support bracket carried by at least one of the strut channels. Moveable clamps above the support bracket support lengths of tubing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2018
    Assignee: O'Brien Holding Co., Inc.
    Inventor: Marcus C. McCarter
  • Patent number: 9587433
    Abstract: A cradle clamp bracket assembly that secures cables to rungs of a ladder rack. The cradle clamp bracket assembly includes an elongated bracket having a first portion and a raised second portion. The first portion includes a slot located along the center of the first portion. The raised second portion includes a downwardly extending flange and at least one gsset to strengthen the bracket. The cradle clamp bracket assembly also includes a retainer that is received in the slot to engage the rung of the ladder rack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: Panduit Corp.
    Inventors: David J. Sylvester, Rodney G. Rouleau, Raymond M. Hill, Andrew Crouse
  • Patent number: 9526934
    Abstract: Disclosed is a side bracket for fixing a sprinkler joint. The side bracket for fixing the sprinkler joint includes a distance controller installed at a lower portion of one of side wall supporting portions of the side bracket, wherein the distance controller includes an inclined plate installed at an outer surface of the side wall supporting portion, a rotational member installed along a center line of the inclined plate, and a fixing shaft configured to connect the inclined plate with the rotational member and to pass through and be fixed to the pair of side wall supporting portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2016
    Assignee: SEUNG JIN IND. CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hye Ri Jung
  • Patent number: 9225156
    Abstract: A conduit spacer assembly for supporting and conveying an inner conduit into an outer conduit. The conduit spacer assembly has one or more conveyance assemblies moveable along a track coupled to the outer conduit. One or more conduit spacers are suspended from the conveyance assemblies, and support the inner conduit. The conveyance assemblies may be coupled together by a strap member. A force applied to one conveyance assembly is transferred to the other conveyance assemblies via the strap member. An installation assembly having a frame structure and a track support assist with the installation of the conduit spacer assembly and the inner conduit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2015
    Assignee: BOYER INC.
    Inventor: Mark L. Boyer
  • Patent number: 9080691
    Abstract: A device for securing a pipe within the interior of a wall is provided. The device is especially suitable for quickly and easily securing a pipe within an opening in a stud of a wall. The device has a generally flat surface which adheres to the front of a stud and a grasping portion which secures the pipe on a first end. The device allows the pipe to be secured within a wall in compliance with governmental regulations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2015
    Assignee: AT WATER PLUMBING CO.
    Inventor: Tomas Bartos
  • Patent number: 9074327
    Abstract: A clamp for non-invasively attaching components to railroad track rails. The clamp provides a receiving slot for receiving a first flange of a track rail between upper and lower legs. Disposed within the slot is a resilient member or spring that is compressed when engaged by the first flange of the track rail. Compression of the resilient member allows for positioning a tab attached to a free end of the lower leg over an outside edge of a second flange of the track rail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2015
    Inventors: David Lee Reichle, Brenda Reichle
  • Patent number: 9051730
    Abstract: A system for sound isolation. The system is configured to acoustically isolate a gypsum board support channel from a frame member. The system may comprise: a sound isolation clip and fastener, wherein the sound isolation clip comprises a slit configured for mounting onto a flange of a support channel and a fastener hole for securing the fastener and sound isolation clip onto the flange of the support channel. The fastener may be a screw and may comprise a wafer head and shank with a threaded portion and a smooth portion. The threaded portion is used to fasten and secure the mounting screw, sound isolation clip, and support channel onto a wallboard panel and support frame. The smooth portion is used to allow the sound isolation clip to freely move when engaged with the support channel and uniformly distribute the static dead load into the sound isolation clip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2015
    Assignee: G2 Group LLC
    Inventors: James Richard Gates, Elzo Forrest Gernhart
  • Patent number: 9052038
    Abstract: A sway brace clamp includes a rod having a first rod end, a second rod end, a first bracing end, and a second bracing end, the rod defining a pipeline connection portion sized to accept a pipeline and a brace pipe connecting portion sized to accept a brace pipe; and a retaining clip connecting the first bracing end of the rod to the second bracing end of the rod.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2015
    Assignee: Mueller International, LLC
    Inventor: Joseph G. Radzik
  • Patent number: 9022326
    Abstract: A support for pipes uses a telescoping strut slidably holding an elongated insert with a threaded post extending outward from the insert, through a slot in the C-shaped cross-section of the struts. A bracket fits over the post and abuts supports opposing edges of the strut. A nut on the post clamps the parts immovably together. The bracket has a depending portion extending below the strut with an opening through which a pipe passes. Two threaded couplers with opposing ramped surfaces encircle the pipe and deform when tightened to clamp the pipe while also clamping opposing sides of the depending portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignee: Securus, Inc.
    Inventors: Larry D. Brown, Virgil O'Neil, Dennis L. Hart
  • Publication number: 20150108288
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a pipe clamp, more specifically to a pipe clamp having a first coupling frame, a second coupling frame, a connecting element, and a tightly contacting lever connected rotatably to each other and structured so as to surround the pipe one and a half times around, that is, 540 degrees, and, because the tightly contacting lever tightly adheres simultaneously to the outer circumferential surface of the first coupling frame, the pipe clamp having a superior pipe holding force and additionally preventing completely the possibility of having the clamp spontaneously open without the intention of a user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2013
    Publication date: April 23, 2015
    Inventor: Kye-Yoon Lee
  • Patent number: 9010696
    Abstract: A support assembly connected with a stud for securing and guiding conduit and/or cable is provided. The support assembly includes, but is not limited to, a securing arm for securing and guiding the conduit and/or cable and an engaging tab coupled with an end of the securing arm. The engaging tab includes a first engagement member facing a second engagement member, a side engagement member connecting the first and second engagement members together, and a first compressible member extending in a first direction D1 either from the first engagement member towards the second engagement member or from the second engagement member towards the first engagement member. The first compressible member is compressible in a second direction D2 opposite that of the first direction D1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2015
    Assignee: Illinois Tool Works, Inc.
    Inventors: Asim Siddiqui, Anthony Caringella, Tom Colangelo, Justin McMath
  • Patent number: 8991773
    Abstract: The present invention provides a device for mounting systems, for example an electrical or fluid-conveying line, on a structure, in particular of an aircraft or spacecraft, the device comprising a basic holder which is fastenable to the structure and a system holder for mounting the systems, the system holder being fastenable to a first interface of the basic holder, which system holder is fastenable to a first interface of the basic holder; the basic holder comprising a first part, which comprises the first interface, and a second part, one end of which is attachable to the first part so as to be pivotal about a pivot axis and the other end of which is fastenable to the structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventors: Hans Peter Guthke, Barbara Lunitz
  • Publication number: 20150026955
    Abstract: A conduit guide apparatus, system and method for using the conduit guide to fixedly couple a conduit to a support member is described. The conduit guide apparatus includes a partial cylindrical surface, a first neck segment, a second neck segment, a first arcuate shoulder and a second arcuate shoulder. The partial cylindrical surface surrounds a conduit void and a conduit void axis. The first neck segment is adjacent to the first end and surrounds a first channel along a channel axis that is orthogonal to the conduit void axis. The second neck segment is adjacent to the second end and surrounds a second channel along the channel axis that is orthogonal to the conduit void axis. The first arcuate shoulder is adjacent to the first neck segment and includes a first grooved outer wall on both sides of a first recess. The second arcuate shoulder is adjacent to the second neck segment and includes a second grooved outer wall on both sides of a second recess.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2014
    Publication date: January 29, 2015
    Applicant: HAWKEN HOLDINGS, LLC
    Inventor: Jesse Rodrigue
  • Patent number: 8919706
    Abstract: A gas distribution mounting bracket for gas grills that simultaneously secures a gas distribution manifold to the fire box and support frame of the gas grill.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2014
    Assignee: Weber-Stephen Products LLC
    Inventors: J. Michael Alden, Paul Robert Behnke
  • Publication number: 20140367530
    Abstract: A sway brace clamp includes a rod having a first rod end, a second rod end, a first bracing end, and a second bracing end, the rod defining a pipeline connection portion sized to accept a pipeline and a brace pipe connecting portion sized to accept a brace pipe; and a retaining clip connecting the first bracing end of the rod to the second bracing end of the rod.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2013
    Publication date: December 18, 2014
    Inventor: Joseph G. Radzik
  • Patent number: 8882056
    Abstract: A pipe hanger clamp, formed by bending a flat section of metal bar or plate, has two vertical side members which have been cut so their side view is a “C” shape. The lower arms of these two side members are joined by a horizontally extended end wall, about which the side members are bent. Holes in the end wall receive a mounting set screw into a captured nut and another nut to hold a pipe hanger rod for supporting a pipe. An overhead support is clamped between the set screw and the upper arms of the C-shaped side members, such that the load applied to the rod is generally edgewise to the plate thickness, and does not provide an unbending force on the clamp.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2014
    Assignee: Greenfield Mfg. Co. Inc.
    Inventor: Elliott Greenfield
  • Patent number: 8870131
    Abstract: A wiring clip 1 includes: an attaching portion 10 configured to be overlapped with a wiring harness; a locking portion 11 extended vertically from the attaching portion 10 and configured to be locked in a hole provided on a panel; and a pressing portion 12 configured to press the panel in a direction away from the attaching portion 10 when the locking portion 11 is locked in the hole. The pressing portion 12 includes: an inclined portion 19 continued to the attaching portion 10 and inclined with respect to both a vertically extending direction of the locking portion 11 from the attaching portion 10 and a longitudinal direction of the wiring harness overlapped with the attaching portion 10; and a parallel portion 20 continued to the inclined portion 19 and extended parallel to the locking portion 11 from the inclined portion 19.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2014
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroki Gotou, Takashi Nomoto
  • Patent number: 8857771
    Abstract: A conduit attachment device is disclosed for use with a trapeze for providing for the placement and suspension of apparatus between existing structural members of an overhead structure. In one embodiment, the conduit attachment device includes a body having four sides formed of a continuous sheet with three bends in an open-ended rectangular box design. A fastening join joins two sides of the continuous sheet. A window including first and second substantially continuous U-shaped engagement surfaces adapted to form a friction fit with a conduit is located at one of the ends. Two sizes of threaded openings are located on opposite sides of the body for mating with two different sizes of threaded suspension rod. Another threaded opening is located in the body for mating with a set screw that further secures the conduit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Inventor: Randy J. Streetman
  • Publication number: 20140299720
    Abstract: An installation assembly for bridging a cable harness between two aircraft structure elements of an aircraft is provided. The installation assembly includes an elongated connecting rod having two end sections for attaching the connecting rod onto two adjacent aircraft structure elements, at least one cable guidance element having at least one receiving section for receiving a cable harness and an attachment section for circumferentially surrounding the connecting rod. Locking means are provided to form a connection between the attachment section and the connecting rod, wherein a polygonal cross section of the connecting rod corresponds to a recess of the attachment section in order to form a positive locking engagement between the cable guidance element and the connecting rod.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2014
    Publication date: October 9, 2014
    Inventors: Volker ROBRECHT, Till RAGUSE, Daniel STOEVESAND