Patent · US Expired

Composite pile with tapering lower portion and method for driving pile into granular soil

US6468003B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateSep 7, 2001
Grant dateOct 22, 2002
Priority date
Expiry dateSep 7, 2021

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T403/477
  • WIPO fieldCivil engineering
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A pile includes a tapered bottom section of polygon-shaped steel tubing and a top cylindrical section of steel tubing spliced together with a transition ring to form a composite pile, which, after being driven, is filled with concrete.

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