121 |
Method and Apparatus for Improved Installation of Caissons |
US15603912 |
2017-05-24 |
US20180087232A1 |
2018-03-29 |
Todd Maersch; Jim Jacobi; Brent Lund; Matt Atkinson; Tyler Morgan; Hock Lim |
A caisson is modified to include side tabs thin can be gripped by side-mounted clamps on a vibratory hammer so that the caisson may be lifted into position from a horizontal position, oriented vertically, and driven into the ground without readjustment of the clamping of the vibratory hammer. An end cap installed permanently at the top of the caisson may provide an additional flange for receiving a lower clamp of the vibratory hammer to complete installation of the caisson, driving the caisson further into the earth until the tabs arc buried in the ground. The flange may be sized to fit within a tower portion attached to the caisson eliminating the need for a replaceable flange system. |
122 |
SHEET PILING AND INSTALLATION METHOD |
US15421763 |
2017-02-01 |
US20170145649A1 |
2017-05-25 |
John E. IRVINE; Steven E. HARGRAVE |
A sheet piling for mandrel-installed engagement with an identical adjacent sheet piling. The mandrel has a guide hook and a rotating toe protector. The sheet piling has a female interlocking feature with a pair of hooks and an engagement hook for releasably engaging the mandrel guide hook. The sheet piling also has a male interlocking feature with a pair of hooks configured to engage the pair of female hooks of an adjacent sheet piling in a multi-piling wall structure. |
123 |
HELICAL PILE WITH CUTTING TIP |
US15343642 |
2016-11-04 |
US20170130416A1 |
2017-05-11 |
Jonathan Michael Wilson; Timothy Michael Kemp; Gary Leonard Seider |
The present disclosure provides helical ground anchors or piles designed to cut through rock. The helical ground anchors have a shaft, one or more helical plates attached to the shaft and at least one cutting tip attached to the distal end of the shaft in order to make a first cut through rock along the axis of rotation of the shaft. The distal end of the shaft is tapered and the at least one cutting tip can be attached to the longer end of the shaft. The helical shaped plates are attached to the shaft at a distance above the at least one cutting tip. |
124 |
Device and method for reducing noise |
US14321742 |
2014-07-01 |
US09611612B2 |
2017-04-04 |
Boudewijn Casper Jung; Jan Albert Westerbeek |
A device for and methods of reducing sound vibrations in a liquid resulting from a sound source arranged below the liquid level of a body of water are disclosed. The device includes an elongate tube which can be arranged over the sound source, the tube comprising an outer wall and inner wall with an intermediate space between the inner and outer wall. |
125 |
Sheet piling and installation method |
US14202112 |
2014-03-10 |
US09593456B2 |
2017-03-14 |
John E. Irvine; Steven E. Hargrave |
A sheet piling for mandrel-installed engagement with an identical adjacent sheet piling. The mandrel has a guide hook and a rotating toe protector. The sheet piling has a female interlocking feature with a pair of hooks and an engagement hook for releasably engaging the mandrel guide hook. The sheet piling also has a male interlocking feature with a pair of hooks configured to engage the pair of female hooks of an adjacent sheet piling in a multi-piling wall structure. |
126 |
Pile-driving apparatus and method for driving a pile element into the ground |
US14864599 |
2015-09-24 |
US09464398B2 |
2016-10-11 |
Werner Korherr; Juergen Heilgemeir; Michael Meixner |
A pile-driving apparatus and a method for driving a pile element into the ground, wherein a head region of the pile element is arranged in a driving helmet on an underside of a driven hammer unit, which is moved by a main winch and a main rope along a mast and drives the pile element in a vertical driving position into the ground. The pile element is hoisted by an auxiliary winch with auxiliary rope from a lying position into the approximately vertical driving position, in which the head region of the pile element is received in the driving helmet of the hammer unit. |
127 |
Multi-suction-pile anchor and flat plate anchor having suction piles |
US14438208 |
2014-05-26 |
US09428876B2 |
2016-08-30 |
O Soon Kwon; Myoung Hak Oh; In Sung Jang |
A multi-suction pile anchor and a plate anchor for mooring a marine structure, comprises a plurality of suction piles connected in parallel with the same capacity penetrates into the sea floor, wherein a pullout resistance required for mooring the marine structure is applied by changing the number of suction piles, and wherein a plurality of suction piles is connected each other with a connecting plate to increase a lateral resistance. |
128 |
HELICAL PILE ASSEMBLY WITH TOP PLATE |
US14738501 |
2015-06-12 |
US20160186402A1 |
2016-06-30 |
Jimmy B. Tomchesson; Rex E. Hallman; Lyle G. Love |
A helical pile assembly includes a plate and a rod extending from the plate. The rod includes threads. A piling is configured to be disposed in the ground and support a load. A connection device is positioned around the rod and configured to transmit torque to the piling. The connection device includes threads that are configured to engage the threads of the rod. |
129 |
Method of and driver for installing foundation elements in a ground formation |
US14899076 |
2014-06-18 |
US20160130777A1 |
2016-05-12 |
Justin Edward Stam |
The invention relates to a method of installing a foundation element, in particular a (mono)pile, in a ground formation by means of a driver, comprising driving the foundation element into the ground formation by means of blows delivered by the driver to the foundation element, estimating or measuring stress waves that are generated by the blows and reflected from the tip of the foundation element, and, if a reflected stress wave is a tensile stress wave, reducing the blow energy. |
130 |
Hydraulic pole tamper handle and adapter |
US14121646 |
2014-10-02 |
US20160097176A1 |
2016-04-07 |
Timothy Hamilton |
A hydraulic pole tamper with an extended ergonomic handle including a frame and hose clamps to extend the life of the hose by securing the hoses to the frame and to improve the handle, orientation, and usability of the pole tamper. The pole tamper is used to tamp or compact the dirt around a pole which has been set into a hole in the ground to fixedly secure the pole vertically in the ground. |
131 |
Collar for marine pile repair and method of using the same |
US14528387 |
2014-10-30 |
US09303382B2 |
2016-04-05 |
Dennis P. Cassidy |
A collar for repairing a marine support has a tubular upper segment, a tubular lower segment, and a middle segment providing a transition region between the upper and lower segments. The collar can be opened and closed along a slit extending from the upper end of the collar to the lower end of the collar. To repair a marine support, the collar is opened and positioned so as to surround the marine pile and the extension. The collar is then closed and secured along the slit. The upper end of the collar is secured to the extension, and the lower end of the collar is secured closely along the perimeter of the pile. A flowable fill material is then injected into spaces between the collar and the marine support, filling or encasing voids or damaged areas on the marine support. |
132 |
PILE-DRIVING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DRIVING A PILE ELEMENT INTO THE GROUND |
US14864599 |
2015-09-24 |
US20160090707A1 |
2016-03-31 |
Werner KORHERR; Juergen HEILGEMEIR; Michael MEIXNER |
The invention relates to an apparatus and a method for driving a pile element into the ground. A head region of the pile element is arranged in a driving helmet on an underside of a driven hammer unit, which is moved along a mast and drives the pile element into the ground. The pile element is hoisted by means of an auxiliary winch with auxiliary rope from a lying position into the approximately vertical driving position, in which the head region of the pile element is received in the driving helmet of the hammer unit. In accordance with the invention during hoisting of the pile element to be driven in, the main winch and the auxiliary winch are controlled automatically in a simultaneous manner so that during hoisting the head region of the pile element rests with a predeterminable pressing force against the driving helmet. |
133 |
Concrete sheet pile clamp assemblies and methods and pile driving systems for concrete sheet piles |
US13794615 |
2013-03-11 |
US09249551B1 |
2016-02-02 |
David White |
A clamp assembly for a pile driving system for driving a concrete sheet pile, the clamp assembly comprising a clamp body, a first clamp member supported relative to the clamp body, and a second clamp member supported for movement relative to the clamp body, and a bumper member. A clamp region is formed between the first and second clamp members. The bumper member is supported relative to the clamp body above the clamp region. The clamp body is configured such that the concrete sheet pile enters the clamp region from below. The second clamp member is displaced towards the first clamp member to engage the concrete sheet pile in the clamp region. The bumper member resiliently deforms to inhibit direct transmission of forces between the concrete sheet pile and the clamp body during driving of the concrete sheet pile. |
134 |
MULTI-SUCTION-PILE ANCHOR AND FLAT PLATE ANCHOR HAVING SUCTION PILES |
US14438208 |
2014-05-26 |
US20150275461A1 |
2015-10-01 |
O Soon Kwon; Myoung Hak Oh; In Sung Jang |
A multi-suction pile anchor and a plate anchor for mooring a marine structure, comprises a plurality of suction piles connected in parallel with the same capacity penetrates into the sea floor, wherein a pullout resistance required for mooring the marine structure is applied by changing the number of suction piles, and wherein a plurality of suction piles is connected each other with a connecting plate to increase a lateral resistance. |
135 |
Swivelling pile clamp |
US13696806 |
2011-05-23 |
US08827336B2 |
2014-09-09 |
Chin Chai Ong |
A pile clamp assembly to clamp a pile that consists of the following main components; top pile clamp device, the bottom pile clamp device, a plurality clamp wedges and a plurality vertical hydraulic clamps which combines to make a flat clamp wedge contact with the surface of a deviated and twisted pile. This clamping mechanism reduces bending in the driven pile by enabling the next adjoining pile to conform as much as possible to the alignment of the existing driven pile and gradually corrects the pile's vertical alignment and twist as it penetrates the ground through interactions of the unique swiveling clamp wedges. |
136 |
Device and method for reducing noise |
US13379921 |
2010-06-22 |
US08820472B2 |
2014-09-02 |
Boudewijn Casper Jung; Jan Albert Westerbeek |
The present invention relates to a device for the passive reduction of the sound vibrations in a liquid resulting from a sound source arranged below the liquid level of a body of water, the device comprising an elongate tube which can be arranged over the sound source, the tube comprising an outer wall and inner wall, wherein the tube is designed to maintain a certain desired pressure in the intermediate space between the inner and outer wall. In this case, the pressure is reduced with respect to the ambient pressure. As a result of the reduced pressure, the sound vibrations will less readily travel to the outside and the noise level in the area around the tube is reduced. |
137 |
APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR REDUCTION OF SONIC VIBRATIONS IN A LIQUID |
US14349681 |
2012-07-02 |
US20140241815A1 |
2014-08-28 |
Anders Ørgård Hansen; Kurt Elith Thomsen; Mads Bendt |
An apparatus for reduction of sonic vibrations caused when driving a foundation member below the surface of a liquid has a tube structure which is lowered below the surface of the liquid, and which receives the foundation member. A seal is in contact with the tube structure and creates a contained volume around the foundation member, which may be pumped dry so as to minimize the communication of sonic vibrations into the liquid. |
138 |
Method of and system for installing foundation elements in an underwater ground formation |
US13155396 |
2011-06-08 |
US08734057B2 |
2014-05-27 |
Boudewijn Casper Jung; Jan Albert Westerbeek |
The invention relates to a method of installing foundation elements, in particular (mono)piles (2), in an underwater ground formation (3), by means of a driver (4), comprising the steps of placing a foundation element (2) on the underwater ground formation (3) and holding the foundation element (2) in place by means of a gripper (10) mounted on a surface vessel, placing a sleeve (6) for reducing noise input from the driver (4) about the foundation element (2), disengaging the gripper (10), lowering the sleeve (6) onto the ground formation (3), and placing the driver (4) on top of the foundation element (2). The sleeve (6) is held at least laterally with a guide (11) mounted on the surface vessel, at least when disengaging the gripper (10). |
139 |
METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY RAMMING UNDER WATER |
US13932380 |
2013-07-01 |
US20130294842A1 |
2013-11-07 |
Rainer MOHR |
The present invention relates to a method and a device for environmentally friendly ramming under water. To reduce the noise input under water, the machine and the material that is to be rammed are surrounded by a fixed flooded sleeve. The sleeve advantageously has a sandwich-like structure. |
140 |
Method and device for environmentally friendly ramming under water |
US12280072 |
2007-02-20 |
US08500369B2 |
2013-08-06 |
Rainer Mohr |
The present invention relates to a method and a device for environmentally friendly ramming under water. To reduce the noise input under water, the machine and the material that is to be rammed are surrounded by a fixed flooded sleeve. The sleeve advantageously has a sandwich-like structure. |