Manufacture and method for forming structures and the structures resulting therefrom
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IPC분류정보
국가/구분
United States(US) Patent
등록
국제특허분류(IPC7판)
E04C-003/38
F16B-007/04
F16B-005/06
B23P-015/00
F16B-012/44
F16B-012/50
F16B-007/18
F16B-007/22
출원번호
US-0738373
(2015-06-12)
등록번호
US-9377040
(2016-06-28)
발명자
/ 주소
Hooper, William J.
Barbulescu, Ion-Horatiu
Ling, William
출원인 / 주소
Alcoa Inc.
대리인 / 주소
Greenberg Traurig, LLP
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15
초록▼
A clip for assembling corners of hollow members such as the rails and stiles of an extruded aluminum door. The clip has an L shape and may feature a double L shape. A portion inserts into the hollow of a first member and is attached thereto. Another portion extends into the other hollow member for a
A clip for assembling corners of hollow members such as the rails and stiles of an extruded aluminum door. The clip has an L shape and may feature a double L shape. A portion inserts into the hollow of a first member and is attached thereto. Another portion extends into the other hollow member for attachment thereto to form a sturdy joint without welding. Pairs of clips may be used at each corner.
대표청구항▼
1. A structure, comprising: a first member having an interior hollow and a slot aperture in a side thereof communicating with the interior hollow;a second member having an interior hollow and an open end, the open end communicating with the interior hollow thereof;a clip for attaching the first memb
1. A structure, comprising: a first member having an interior hollow and a slot aperture in a side thereof communicating with the interior hollow;a second member having an interior hollow and an open end, the open end communicating with the interior hollow thereof;a clip for attaching the first member to the second member, the clip having a first leg, a second leg, a third leg and a fourth leg, the first leg and second leg being conjoined at a first angle forming a first conjunction and the third leg being attached to the first leg at an end thereof distal to the second leg forming a second conjunction, the third leg extending along the first leg proximate and substantially parallel to a surface thereof distal to the second leg and in a direction toward the first conjunction, the fourth leg extending from a third conjunction with the third leg distal to the second conjunction, the fourth leg extending parallel to the second leg along a portion of the length of the second leg proximate the first conjunction, the first leg and the third leg being inserted into the slot aperture in the first member and the clip rotated into a position with the first leg contacting the first member within the interior hollow and being fastened to the first member, the second leg extending outside the interior hollow, inserting into the open end of the second member and being fastened to the second member. 2. The structure of claim 1, wherein the first, second, third and fourth legs are each formed from a continuous metal strip. 3. The structure of claim 2, further including a retainer extending from a side surface of the second leg proximate the first conjunction, a width of the second leg including the retainer exceeding the width of the slot aperture, such that the retainer is capable of preventing the clip from passing through the slot aperture into the interior hollow of the first member. 4. The structure of claim 3, wherein the clip has a plurality of fastener apertures formed therein and the first member and the second member each have a fastener aperture therein, the plurality of fastener apertures of the clip and the apertures in the first member and the second member being aligned in an assembly orientation, and further including a plurality of fasteners inserted through the aligned fastener apertures of the clip and the first and second members to fasten the first and second members to the clip. 5. The structure of claim 4, wherein the width of the clip at the first conjunction, the second conjunction and the third conjunction is relieved. 6. The structure of claim 3, wherein the third conjunction abuts the first conjunction, supporting the first conjunction. 7. The structure of claim 2, wherein the length of the fourth leg is such that an end of the fourth leg distal to the third leg is approximately flush with an exterior surface of the first member when the clip is fastened thereto. 8. The structure of claim 2, wherein a combined thickness of the first leg and the third leg approximates a height of the slot aperture in the first member. 9. The structure of claim 1, wherein the first member has two slot apertures spaced a predetermined distance from one another and the clip is a first clip and further including a second clip having the same structure as the first clip as recited in claim 1 for attaching the first member to the second member, the first slot aperture receiving the first clip and the second slot aperture receiving the second clip, the second leg of the first clip and the second leg of the second clip inserting into the hollow of the second member and being fastened to the second member. 10. The structure of claim 9, wherein the second member is tubular having a generally rectangular cross-sectional shape with pairs of opposed walls, the second leg of the first clip being fastened to a first wall of a pair of opposed walls and the second leg of the second clip being attached to a second of the pair of opposed walls. 11. The structure of claim 1, wherein the first and second members are tubular extrusions of aluminum alloy. 12. The structure of claim 11, wherein the structure is a door. 13. The structure of claim 12, wherein the plurality of fasteners are blind fasteners. 14. The structure of claim 13, wherein the plurality of blind fasteners are rivets. 15. A structure, comprising: a first member having an interior hollow and a slot aperture in a side thereof communicating with the interior hollow;a second member having an interior hollow and an open end, the open end communicating with the interior hollow thereof;a clip attaching the first member to the second member, the clip having a first leg and a second leg conjoined at an angle of approximately 90 degrees defining an angular conjunction, the first leg and the second leg being monolithic, a retainer extending from a side surface of the second leg proximate the angular conjunction, a width of the second leg including the retainer exceeding the width of the slot aperture, such that the retainer prevents the clip from falling through the slot aperture into the interior hollow of the first member, the first leg and the second leg each having a fastener aperture formed therein and the first member and the second member each have a fastener aperture therein, the fastener apertures of the clip and the apertures in the first member and the second member being aligned in an assembly orientation, and further including a plurality of fasteners inserted through the aligned fastener apertures of the clip and the first and second members to fasten the first and second members to the clip, the first leg being inserted into the slot in the first member and the clip being rotated into a position with the first leg contacting the first member within the interior hollow, and being fastened to the first member, the second leg extending outside the interior hollow, inserting into the open end of the second member and being fastened to the second member. 16. The structure of claim 15, further comprising a third leg attached to the first leg at an end thereof distal to the second leg forming a second conjunction, the third leg extending along the first leg proximate and substantially parallel to a surface thereof distal to the second leg and in a direction toward the angular conjunction, the third leg being inserted with the first leg into the slot aperture in the first member. 17. The structure of claim 16, further comprising a fourth leg attached to an end of the third leg forming a third conjunction distal to the second conjunction, the fourth leg extending from the third conjunction parallel to the second leg along a portion of the length of the second leg proximate the first conjunction, such that an end of the fourth leg distal to the third leg is approximately flush with an exterior surface of the first member when the clip is fastened thereto, the first, second, third and fourth legs each being part of a continuous metal strip. 18. The structure of claim 17, wherein a combined thickness of the second leg and the fourth leg approximates a height of the slot aperture in the first member and the width of the clip at the angular conjunction, the second conjunction and the third conjunction is relieved. 19. The structure of claim 18, wherein the first member has two slot apertures spaced a predetermined distance from one another and the clip is a first clip and further including a second clip having the same structure as the first clip as recited in claim 15 for attaching the first member to the second member, the first slot aperture receiving the first clip and the second slot aperture receiving the second clip, the second leg of the first clip and the second leg of the second clip inserting into the hollow of the second member and being fastened to the second member. 20. The structure of claim 19, wherein the second member is tubular having a generally rectangular cross-sectional shape with pairs of opposed walls, the second leg of the first clip being fastened to a first wall of a pair of opposed walls and the second leg of the second clip being attached to a second of the pair of opposed walls, wherein the first and second members are tubular extrusions of aluminum alloy, the fasteners are rivets and the structure is a door.
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Klein Mathew M. (27908 Longhill Dr. Rancho Palos Verdes CA 90274), Assembly of clip and door frame members.
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