Self-supporting roof panel

Patent · 15 November 2016

OSTI ID:1531959

Davidson, Jane; Mantell, Susan; Goldberg, Louise; Carmody, John

A self-supporting panel is used to form building components, including roofs that have no independent supports for the panels between the ends of the panels. The panel system includes a base support or structural component having a top face sheet supported by longitudinally load carrying webs and a layer of insulation on the exterior of the face sheet. The insulation spans the entire face sheet to overlie connectors between the edges of adjacent panels when the panels are assembled to form a wall or roof, to eliminate thermal shorts.

• Research Organization: Univ. of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: FC26-04NT42114
• Assignee: Regents of the University of Minnesota (St. Paul, MN)
• Patent Number(s): 9,493,948
• Application Number: 11/901,280
• OSTI ID: 1531959
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English