# US 10,865,539 B2 · Soil displacement piles > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,865,539 B2 - Document ID: US10865539B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 16/657,264 - Filed: 2019-10-18 - Published: 2020-02-13 - Granted: 2020-12-15 - Earliest claimed: 2016-02-03 - Assignees: Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. - Applicants: Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. - Inventors: Alex Joseph Raposo; Matthew Alan Conte; Gary Leonard Seider; Timothy Michael Kemp; Shawn David Downey - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10865539B2 ## CPC - E02D 5/56: Screw piles {(placing piles by screwing down E02D7/22)} - E02D 5/00: Bulkheads, piles, or other structural elements specially adapted to foundation engineering (engineering elements in general F16) - E02D 5/48: Piles varying in construction along their length {, i.e. along the body between head and shoe, e.g. made of different materials along their length (E02D5/50, E02D5/52 take precedence)} - E02D 5/34: Concrete or concrete-like piles cast in position {; Apparatus for making same (E02D5/50 takes precedence; moulds E02D5/665; placing, removing moulds E02D7/00 - E02D11/00; placing the concrete E02D15/04)} - E02D 2250/0023: Cast, i.e. in situ or in a mold or other formwork - E02D 2250/0038: using an auger, i.e. continuous flight type - E02D 2300/0018: Cement used as binder - E02D: FOUNDATIONS; EXCAVATIONS; EMBANKMENTS (specially adapted for hydraulic engineering E02B); UNDERGROUND OR UNDERWATER STRUCTURES {(tunnels, tunnelling, mining E21)} ## Abstract Soil displacement piles having a shaft and one or more soil displacement assemblies secured to the shaft are provided. If more than one soil displacement assembly is utilized, each soil displacement assembly is separated by a longitudinal distance. Each soil displacement assembly has an upper helical plate, a lower helical plate and separated from the upper helical plate by a longitudinal plate distance, and at least one soil displacement plate positioned relative to the shaft, the upper helical plate and the lower helical plate. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A soil displacement pile for forming a composite pile column, the soil displacement pile comprising: a lead comprising: a lead shaft; and at least one lead soil displacement assembly attached at least partially to the lead shaft, the at least one lead soil displacement assembly including: an upper helical plate having a central opening defining an inner edge portion and an outer edge portion; a lower helical plate having a central opening defining an inner edge portion and an outer edge portion, the lower helical plate being independent of the upper helical plate and spaced a predefined distance from the upper helical plate along a longitudinal axis of the soil displacement assembly; and a curved soil displacement plate having a first edge portion attached to the upper helical plate and a second edge portion attached to the lower helical plate such that a convex surface of the curved soil displacement plate forming a soil contacting surface extends from the inner edge portions of the upper helical plate and the lower helical plate to the outer edge portions of the upper helical plate and the lower helical plate, and such that the convex surface is oriented to contact soil when the soil displacement assembly is driven into the soil to displace the soil from the inner edge portions of the upper helical plate and the lower helical plate toward the outer edge portions of the upper helical plate and the lower helical plate so as to create a cavity in the soil; and at least one extension comprising: an extension shaft; and at least one extension soil displacement assembly attached to the extension shaft. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The soil displacement pile according to claim 1, wherein the curved soil displacement plate is substantially perpendicular relative to the upper helical plate and the lower helical plate. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The soil displacement pile according to claim 1, wherein the curved soil displacement plate is positioned at an angle relative to the upper helical plate and the lower helical plate. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The soil displacement pile according to claim 1, wherein the upper helical plate has a diameter in the range of between about 6 inches and about 16 inches. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The soil displacement pile according to claim 1, wherein the lower helical plate has a diameter in the range of between about 6 inches and about 16 inches. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The soil displacement pile according to claim 1, wherein a diameter of the upper helical plate is greater than a diameter of the lower helical plate. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The soil displacement pile according to claim 1, wherein a diameter of the upper helical plate is less than a diameter of the lower helical plate. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The soil displacement pile according to claim 1, further comprising a second soil displacement plate attached to an upper surface of the upper helical plate. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The soil displacement pile according to claim 1, wherein the at least one extension soil displacement assembly comprises: an upper helical plate; a lower helical plate; and an extension soil displacement plate positioned between the upper helical plate and the lower helical plate and having a soil contacting surface capable of displacing soil. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The soil displacement pile according to claim 9, wherein the extension soil displacement plate is a curved plate and the soil contacting surface of the curved plate is a convex surface of the curved plate. ### Claim 11 (depends on 9) The soil displacement assembly according to claim 9, wherein the extension soil displacement plate is substantially perpendicular relative to the upper helical plate and the lower helical plate of the extension soil displacement assembly. ### Claim 12 (depends on 9) The soil displacement assembly according to claim 9, wherein the extension soil displacement plate is positioned at an angle relative to the upper helical plate and the lower helical plate of the extension soil displacement assembly. ### Claim 13 (depends on 9) The soil displacement assembly according to claim 9, wherein the upper helical plate of the extension soil displacement assembly has a diameter in the range of between about 6 inches and about 16 inches. ### Claim 14 (depends on 9) The soil displacement assembly according to claim 9, wherein the lower helical plate of the extension soil displacement assembly has a diameter in the range of between about 6 inches and about 16 inches. ### Claim 15 (depends on 9) The soil displacement assembly according to claim 9, wherein a diameter of the upper helical plate of the extension soil displacement assembly is greater than a diameter of the lower helical plate of the extension soil displacement assembly. ### Claim 16 (depends on 9) The soil displacement assembly according to claim 9, wherein a diameter of the upper helical plate of the extension soil displacement assembly is less than a diameter of the lower helical plate of the extension soil displacement assembly. ### Claim 17 (depends on 9) The soil displacement assembly according to claim 9, further comprising a second extension soil displacement plate positioned on the upper helical plate of the extension soil displacement assembly. ### Claim 18 A soil displacement pile comprising: a shaft; and a plurality of soil displacement assemblies secured at least partially to the shaft and separated by a longitudinal distance, wherein each soil displacement assembly includes: an upper helical plate having a central opening defining an inner edge portion and an outer edge portion; a lower helical plate having a central opening defining an inner edge portion and an outer edge portion, the lower helical plate being independent of the upper helical plate and spaced a predefined distance from the upper helical plate along a longitudinal axis of the soil displacement assembly; and a curved soil displacement plate having a first edge portion attached to the upper helical plate and a second edge portion attached to the lower helical plate such that a convex surface of the curved soil displacement plate forming a soil contacting surface extends from the inner edge portions of the upper helical plate and the lower helical plate to the outer edge portions of the upper helical plate and the lower helical plate, and such that the convex surface is oriented to contact soil when the soil displacement assembly is driven into the soil to displace the soil from the inner edge portions of the upper helical plate and the lower helical plate toward the outer edge portions of the upper helical plate and the lower helical plate so as to create a cavity in the soil. ### Claim 19 (depends on 18) The soil displacement pile according to claim 18, wherein the curved soil displacement plate is substantially perpendicular relative to the upper helical plate and the lower helical plate. ### Claim 20 (depends on 18) The soil displacement pile according to claim 18, wherein the curved soil displacement plate is positioned at an angle relative to the upper helical plate and the lower helical plate. ### Claim 21 (depends on 18) The soil displacement pile according to claim 18, wherein the upper and lower helical plates have different diameters. ### Claim 22 (depends on 18) The soil displacement pile according to claim 18, further comprising a second soil displacement plate positioned on an upper surface of the upper helical plate.