A restrained joint apparatus, applications of the apparatus, and methods for making the apparatus are described. The apparatus is a wood-frame coupling that establishes the restrained joint with movement resistance and moment resistance of a wood member coupled with a frame. The frame includes a body with a wall. The frame can be a unitary structure wherein the wall of the body is arranged to replace an outer perimeter of the end of the wood member so that the wood member and the frame form the wood-frame coupling. In another embodiment, the frame is formed of a plurality of frame plates joined together about the perimeter of the wood member. The invention includes various applications for the wood-frame coupling where a restrained joint is useful such as in an EMC composite member configuration. The invention includes a method of making the wood-frame coupling wherein the first described is forced onto and into the end of the wood member.

A restrained joint apparatus, applications of the apparatus, and methods for making the apparatus are described. The apparatus is a wood-frame coupling that establishes the restrained joint with movement resistance and moment resistance of a wood member coupled with a frame. The frame includes a body with a wall. The frame can be a unitary structure wherein the wall of the body is arranged to replace an outer perimeter of the end of the wood member so that the wood member and the frame form the wood-frame coupling. In another embodiment, the frame is formed of a plurality of frame plates joined together about the perimeter of the wood member. The invention includes various applications for the wood-frame coupling where a restrained joint is useful such as in an EMC composite member configuration. The invention includes a method of making the wood-frame coupling wherein the first described is forced onto and into the end of the wood member.

A bracket (1) for holding a suspended ceiling has a first end (2) for anchoring the bracket (1) to a beam or the like of a building structure and a second end (3) to which a mounting profile is attachable on which a building panel is mountable. The bracket (1) has a rectangular and flat part (4) that in use is horizontally arranged between the first and second ends (2, 3). The length (L) of the flat part (4) between the first and second ends (2, 3) is at least 1.5 times as long as the width (W) of the flat part (4).