Evor F. Johns
Engineers in Goshen, IN

License number
South Dakota 6400
Expiration Date
Jul 31, 2017
Category
Professional Engineer
Type
Civil
Address
Address
58640 St Rd 15, Goshen, IN 46528
Phone
(574) 533-0337

Professional information

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Building System

US Patent:
2004002, Feb 12, 2004
Filed:
Jun 5, 2003
Appl. No.:
10/455081
Inventors:
Evor Johns - Goshen IN, US
James Rose - Momence IL, US
Skyler Epperson - Haubstadt IN, US
Marc Pulver - Albion IN, US
Kenneth Long - Elkhart IN, US
International Classification:
E04H001/12, E04B001/34
US Classification:
052/143000
Abstract:
Off-site factory built structure employs a chassis including two interior longitudinal beam members joined at their ends to a perimeter structure. A floor system is integrated within the chassis perimeter. A ledger member is fixed to the inner surface of each longitudinal perimeter member so that a top surface lies in a plane coincident with top surfaces of the interior longitudinal beams. Lateral members are coupled to the tops of the interior longitudinal beams and to the top of the ledger members. The lateral members include secondary stiffening members such as C-channel members, metal Z-channel members, or other metal members of similar structural capacity, spaced apart from each other by a maximum distance S, related to the width of the floor system W, by the equation: