Science Applications International Corporation

George Leo Bergeron

Jon Harrison Ward

Steven Patrick Wallace

A connector insertion tool includes a pneumatic drive mechanism for connecting two structural members through the use of connectors having two spiked ends oriented in different planes relative to each other. A first pneumatic mechanism rotates a first spiked end of a pair of connectors into a position for being driven into a structural member. A pneumatic mechanism drives a block which engaged and drives the spiked ends into a first structural member, and positions the second spiked end of each connector into position for being driven into a second structural member. A pair of clamp arms rotate into position through the operation of the pneumatic drive mechanism causing a connector to be driven into opposite sides of a second structural member for connecting the first and second structural members, for example, beams in wood-frame construction, together.

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Springfield, VA, United States of America

George Leo Bergeron