Patents by Inventor Franklin S. Sutelan

Franklin S. Sutelan has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 6412243
    Abstract: An ultra-lite modular composite building assembly system, comprising the lamination of rigid solid and expanded matrix materials, that can produce a functionally homogeneous composite structure capable of supporting over three hundred times its own weight. The rigid material, as the primary structure capable of sustained axial stress, is encapsulated within the body of the matrix material as a sheet or membrane that is bonded to and laterally braced by the matrix material. As a corrugated sheet or membrane, it may be either thermoformed or extruded and integrated into the body of the matrix composite in either a static or continuous foam molding process. The rigid material may be a solid polymer and the matrix material may be either an expanded polymer or any other structural foam matrix with similar characteristics. Further, extremities of the rigid material may be configured for tools-free interlock with adjacent building components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 1998
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2002
    Inventor: Franklin S. Sutelan
  • Patent number: 4098039
    Abstract: A bisectional architectural structure, suitable for residential, commercial or megastructural use, divides interfloor space into separate functional zones, and systematically orients major floor levels according to the axii of two separate structural grid systems which bisect each other in every dimension. As an apartment building or the like, it may comprise a plurality of vertical modules arranged one on top of the other about a common vertical utility core. Each module includes four floors which are accessible from the utility core by a corkscrew-shaped walkway surrounding the utility core. The utility core is provided with at least two elevators, a first of which has a plurality of door openings for servicing each floor. One or more additional elevators in the core have one door per vertical module.The bisectional architectural structure is supported by a plurality of columns arranged at the intersecting points of a number of square grids in a horizontal plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 1976
    Date of Patent: July 4, 1978
    Inventor: Franklin S. Sutelan
  • Patent number: 4035973
    Abstract: A bisectional architectural structure, suitable for residential, commercial or megastructural use, divides interfloor space into separate functional zones, and systematically orients major floor levels according to the axii of two separate structural grid systems which bisect each other in every dimension. As an apartment building or the like, it may comprise a plurality of vertical modules arranged one on top of the other about a common vertical utility core. Each module includes four floors which are accessible from the utility core by a corkscrew-shaped walkway surrounding the utility core. The utility core is provided with at least two elevators, a first of which has a plurality of door openings for servicing each floor. One or more additional elevators in the core have one door per verticle module.The bisectional architectural structure is supported by a plurality of columns arranged at the intersecting points of a number of square grids in a horizontal plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 1976
    Date of Patent: July 19, 1977
    Inventor: Franklin S. Sutelan