E02D 3/08
By inserting stones or lost bodies
Official title: by inserting stones or lost bodies, e.g. compaction piles (sand drains for soil compaction E02D3/10; stressing soil while forming foundations E02D27/28)
E02D3/08 (By inserting stones or lost bodies) appears on 126 US grants and 113 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in E02D- Granted patents
- 126
- Published applications
- 113
- Assignees
- 51
- Inventors
- 149
- Latest grant
- 23 Jun 2026
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| 2025 | 4 | 2 |
| 2026 | 5 | 3 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Extensible shells and related methods for constructing a ductile support pier23 Jun 2026US 12,662,788 B2Geopier Foundation Company, Inc.
- Systems and methods to provide pressed and aggregate filled concavities for improving ground stiffness and uniformity21 Apr 2026US 12,606,969 B2Ingios Geotechnics, Inc.
- System and method for installing an aggregate pier27 Jan 2026US 12,534,866 B2Geopier Foundation Company, Inc.
- Apparatuses for constructing displacement aggregate piers27 Jan 2026US 12,534,867 B2Geopier Foundation Company, Inc.
- Terrapin system20 Jan 2026US 12,529,197 B2Fastepc, Inc.
- Systems and Methods to Provide Pressed and Aggregate Filled Concavities for Improving Ground Stiffness and Uniformity3 Sep 2026US 2026/0258624 A1Ingios Geotechnics, Inc.
- Powder chemical injection apparatus for liquefaction-induced ground improvement applications30 Jul 2026US 2026/0218469 A1Eskisehir Teknik Universitesi
- Methods and apparatuses for compacting soil and granular materials29 Jan 2026US 2026/0028790 A1Geopier Foundation Company, Inc.
- Device for producing a material column in the ground and method for filling the device14 Aug 2025US 2025/0257541 A1BAUER Maschinen GmbH
- Systems and Methods to Provide Pressed and Aggregate Filled Concavities for Improving Ground Stiffness and Uniformity2 Jan 2025US 2025/0003167 A1Ingios Geotechnics, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Methods for forming a short aggregate pier and a product formed from said methods50US 6,354,766 B1Geotechnical Reinforcement Company, Inc. · 2002
- Short aggregate piers and method and apparatus for producing same47US 5,249,892 A1993
- Lateral displacement pier, and apparatus and method of forming the same31US 6,425,713 B2Geotechnical Reinforcement Company, Inc. · 2002
- Compaction of soil29US 4,126,007 AL. B. Foster Company · 1978
- Apparatus and method for building support piers from one or successive lifts formed in a soil matrix29US 7,226,246 B2Geotechnical Reinforcement Company, Inc. · 2007