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US 2025/0052030 A1Published application
Pile with an upheaval resistant sleeve
OwnerBenjamin G. Stroyerinventor
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Abstract
A pile for being driven into soil includes a shaft and a frost sleeve (upheaval resistant sleeve) surrounding the shaft. The frost sleeve (upheaval resistant sleeve) is located on the shaft between a top of the soil and a frost line. The pile further includes a grout disruption (separation) plate. The grout disruption (separation) plate is located at the frost line.
Claims30
A pile for being driven into soil, comprising:
- a shaft;
- and
- a frost sleeve surrounding said shaft;
- said frost sleeve being located on said shaft between a top of the soil and a frost line.
1 more element
A pile for being placed in a supporting medium comprising:
- an pile shaft;
- a helical blade, operatively connected to said pile shaft, having a leading edge and a trailing edge and configured to move the pile into the supporting medium;
- a lateral compaction protrusion, formed on said pile shaft, to create an annulus within the supporting medium, the annulus, created by said lateral compaction protrusion, having a diameter greater than a diameter of said pile shaft;
- and
- a frost sleeve surrounding said pile shaft;
- said frost sleeve being located on said shaft between a top of the soil and a frost line.
3 more elements
A device for preventing a grout supported pile, driven into a soil, from experiencing frost induced upheavals, comprising:
- a frost sleeve configured to surround a shaft of the grout supported pile and to allow movement of said cylindrical frost sleeve with respect to the shaft.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.