# US 2023/0417006 A1 · Vibratory compactor > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2023/0417006 A1 - Document ID: US20230417006A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 18/463,701 - Filed: 2023-09-08 - Published: 2023-12-28 - Earliest claimed: 2019-11-21 - Inventors: Albert Ben Currey - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20230417006A1 ## CPC - E02D 3/046: by tamping or vibrating, e.g. with auxiliary watering of the soil (E02D3/026, E02D3/08 take precedence; generating or transmitting mechanical vibrations for performing mechanical work in general B06B; tamping or vibrating apparatus for working ballast or railways E01B27/00, for consolidating paving materials E01C19/30, for consolidating concrete in general E04G21/06) - B06B 1/183: {operating with reciprocating masses} - E01C 19/266: {fitted to vehicles, road-construction or earth-moving machinery, e.g. auxiliary roll readily movable to operative position (E01C19/268, E01C19/4806, E01C19/488, E01C19/52, E01C21/00, E01C23/065 take precedence); provided with means for facilitating transport; Means for transporting rollers; Arrangements or attachments for converting vehicles into rollers, e.g. rolling sleeves for wheels} - E01C 19/30: Tamping or vibrating apparatus other than rollers {; Devices for ramming individual paving elements}({E01C19/41, E01C19/43, E01C19/4833, E01C19/488, E01C19/4886, E01C19/52, E01C21/00, } E01C23/02, E01C23/04 take precedence; vibrated depositing devices E01C19/12; tamping or vibrating rollers E01C19/28; portable percussion tools B25D; tamping or vibrating soil E02D3/046) - E01C 19/38: with means specifically for generating vibrations {, e.g. vibrating plate compactors, immersion vibrators (E01C19/40, E01C19/41 take precedence)} - E02F 3/967: {of compacting-type tools (compacting tools in combination with special-purpose dredges or soil-shifting machines E02F5/30)} - E02F 5/223: {for back-filling (in association with trench excavators E02F5/12)} - B06B 2201/73: Drilling - E02D: FOUNDATIONS; EXCAVATIONS; EMBANKMENTS (specially adapted for hydraulic engineering E02B); UNDERGROUND OR UNDERWATER STRUCTURES {(tunnels, tunnelling, mining E21)} - B06B: METHODS OR APPARATUS FOR GENERATING OR TRANSMITTING MECHANICAL VIBRATIONS OF INFRASONIC, SONIC, OR ULTRASONIC FREQUENCY, {e.g.} FOR PERFORMING MECHANICAL WORK IN GENERAL (for particular applications, see the relevant subclasses, e.g. B07B1/40, B23Q17/12, B24B31/06; measurement of mechanical vibrations G01H; in direction finding, locating, distance or velocity measuring G01S; {generating seismic energy G01V1/02}; control of mechanical vibrations in general G05D; sound-producing devices, e.g. bells, sirens, whistles G10K, {e.g. methods or devices for transmitting, conducting, or directing sound in general G10K11/00}; generation of electrical oscillations H03B; electromechanical resonators in general H03H; electromechanical transducers {for communication techniques, e.g. microphones, speakers} H04R) - E01C: CONSTRUCTION OF, OR SURFACES FOR, ROADS, SPORTS GROUNDS, OR THE LIKE; MACHINES OR AUXILIARY TOOLS FOR CONSTRUCTION OR REPAIR (forming roads or like surfaces by compacting or grading snow or ice E01H) - E02F: DREDGING; SOIL-SHIFTING (winning peat E21C49/00) ## Abstract A vibratory compactor is provided. The vibratory compactor may include a frame coupled to a compactor plate. The frame and compactor plate are configured to vibrate to compact soil. The vibratory compactor may also include a housing having an inner volume, the housing coupled to the frame by at least one isolator with the frame and the at least one load bearing member located within the inner volume. The housing may be coupled to an arm of an excavator. A gap may be formed between the housing and the frame, wherein the gap between the housing and the frame inhibits movement of the housing with respect to the frame through the housing contacting the frame when excess forces are applied to the housing in an up/down direction, a forward/backward direction, a side-to-side direction, or combinations thereof. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A vibratory compactor comprising: a frame coupled to a compactor plate, wherein the frame and compactor plate are configured to vibrate; a housing comprising an inner volume, the housing coupled to the frame by at least one isolator with the frame located within the inner volume of the housing, wherein the housing is configured to couple to an arm of an excavator; and a gap between the housing and the frame, wherein the gap between the housing and the frame sets a limit of a range of deflection of the at least one isolator by the housing contacting the frame when excess forces are applied to the housing in an up/down direction, a forward/backward direction, a side-to-side direction, or combinations thereof. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The vibratory compactor of claim 1, wherein the at least one isolator isolates the vibration of the compactor plate and frame from the housing. ### Claim 3 A method of use of a vibratory compactor comprising: coupling a vibratory compactor to an excavator, the vibratory compactor comprising: a frame coupled to a compactor plate; a housing comprising an inner volume, the housing coupled to the frame by at least one isolator with the frame located within the inner volume of the housing, wherein the housing is configured to couple to an arm of an excavator; and a gap between the housing and the frame; applying an excess force to the housing in an up/down direction, a forward/backward direction, a side-to-side direction, or combinations thereof; and inhibiting movement of the housing with respect to the frame through the housing contacting the frame in response to the compactor plate or frame being restricted while moving the vibratory compactor, the movement of the housing with respect to the frame being limited by a size of the gap between the housing and the frame. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The method of claim 3, further comprising preventing damage to the at least one isolator in response to inhibiting movement of the housing with respect to the frame.