Pile and method of installing

US11441288B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• innogy SE · DE

Inventors

• Volker Herwig · Hamburg, DE
• Benjamin Matlock · Hamburg, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 11, 2018
• Grant date: Sep 13, 2022
• Expiry date: Jun 11, 2038

Classification

• Technology area (CPC F): Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
• CPC primary: F05B2240/95
• WIPO field: Civil engineering
• WIPO sector: Other fields

Abstract

A method for installing a pile, in particular a monopile for a wind turbine, in a soil, comprising the method steps: —driving the pile into the soil using a vibration device; and—compacting soil material surrounding a lateral surface of the pile.