Joseph A. Kersavage
Engineering in Knoxville, TN
License number
Louisiana PLS.0002178
Issued Date
Nov 12, 1963
Expiration Date
Mar 31, 2002
Category
Civil Engineer
Address
Address
PO Box 8800, Knoxville, TN 37996
Professional information
Protective Structural Module And Method For Construction
US Patent:
4651479, Mar 24, 1987
Filed:
May 30, 1985
Appl. No.:
6/739130
Inventors:
Joseph A. Kersavage - Knoxville TN
International Classification:
E04B 132
US Classification:
52 80
Abstract:
The specification discloses a structural module for forming and protecting an enclosed space over a floor and a method for constructing a structural module. The structural module includes at least three apex hypars joined together at an apex to form the enclosed space with at least three triangular openings formed between the apex hypars and the floor. At least one base hypar is formed between one of the triangular openings in the floor. The apex hypers include a pair of linear wall edges extending upwardly and outwardly from a support point on the floor and a pair of linear roof edges attached at the upper edges of the linear wall edges and being joined at the apex. The base hypar includes a pair of base edges extending along the floor from two of the adjacent support points for the wall edges of the apex hypar to a base point. Two upright edges extend upwardly from the support points and each is coextensive with the linear wall edge of an adjacent apex hypar. In the form of the module where the triangular openings are vertical, the modules are easily joined at the vertical triangular openings to provide one enclosed space.
Structural Solar Collector
US Patent:
4291679, Sep 29, 1981
Filed:
Mar 3, 1980
Appl. No.:
6/126880
Inventors:
Joseph A. Kersavage - Knoxville TN
International Classification:
F24J 302, G02B 508
US Classification:
126438
Abstract:
The upper surface of the building, e. g. , roof or portion of the roof, is constructed in the form of a hyperbolic paraboloid having a concave surface directed in a specified, for example, southerly, direction. This concave surface is covered with a reflective material such that solar radiation or the like is reflected to an arcuate focus. An absorber is disposed along the length of the focus for absorbing the reflected radiation. Means are provided for storing and using the absorbed radiation. Thus, a structural portion of a building performs as a concentrating solar collector for the building.