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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8038364 | Reinforcement for asphaltic paving, method of paving, and process for making a grid with the coating for asphaltic paving A composite material comprises: an open grid comprising at least two sets of strands. Each set of strands has openings between adjacent strands. The sets are oriented at a substantial angle to one another. A tack film is laminated to the open grid. The tack film has... | 10/18/2011 |
| 7621692 | Porous ceramic paving material The disclosure is directed to a method of constructing a porous, ceramic pavement that is permeable to aqueous fluids and more resistant to acidic rainwater than concrete. The method includes selecting a porous, ceramic paving material having a compressive strength ... | 11/24/2009 |
| 7621693 | Asphalt fiber panels for pavement construction and repair The repair of pavement is performed by placing rigid waterproof asphalt fiber panels over the existing pavement before placing the asphalt concrete overlay on the pavement. The panels are cemented in place with liquid asphalt to the existing worn pavement and to the... | 11/24/2009 |
| 7437250 | Airport pavement management system The AirScene™ Pavement Management System of the present invention automatically tracks data required to determine various factors in an assessment of current and future pavement maintenance needs and utilizes this data to quantify the pavement damage caused by eac... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7427172 | Temporary roadway element A plurality of wood planks are embedded and encased in a one-piece rubber mat to form a monolithic one-piece roadway element. A special coupling means is used to couple one roadway element to an adjacent roadway element to form a roadway surface over which heavy equ... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7425106 | Concrete pavers positioned in a herringbone pattern First and second concrete pavers that are configured to form a paver system arrangeable in a herringbone pattern. A plurality of the first pavers and a plurality of the second pavers, which together form a kit of pavers, can be used to construct a permeable pavement... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7351004 | Aquifer replenishment system A concrete structure for replenishing an aquifer and a method for constructing the same is provided. The structure is comprised of a pavement layer with surface drains that extend through the pavement layer and into an aggregate leach field. The leach field includes... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7341661 | Clarification and sorptive-filtration system for the capture of constituents and particulate matter in liquids and gases A sorptive-filtration system for removing at least one of negatively or positively charged ions, complexes or particulates from an aqueous stream. The system includes a) flow formed substantially from at least one of rainfall-runoff or snowmelt-runoff; b) a filter c... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7316519 | Paving member A paving member (2) comprising a surface (4) for being walked on, an image (6) below the surface (4), and a source of light for illuminating the paving member (2), the paving member (2) being of such a material and construct... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7297204 | Water-in-oil bituminous dispersions and methods for producing paving compositions from the same There is provided a method for making bituminous compositions comprising water-in-oil bituminous dispersion and aggregate by the steps of: preparing a solvent-free, water-in-oil bituminous dispersion comprising: (1) bitumen, in an amount from about 75.0% to about 95... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7281878 | Road surface sound reduction system A method for reducing tire to road noise generated by vehicles on a road surface comprises generating a pseudorandom unique line pattern, providing said pattern as transverse grooves disposed in the road surface, said grooves being randomized according said line pat... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7279035 | Method of selecting a binder for a chipsealing process based on its adhesion index A method of selecting a binder for a chipsealing process is provided. This method includes measuring the Adhesion Index of at least one binder and selecting a binder with a desirable Adhesion Index for the chipsealing process. The selected binder should have an Adhe... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7207742 | Safety improvements for airport runways and taxiways An airstrip shoulder-bordering surface arrangement for extending the width of existing runway and taxiway shoulders comprising a flexible water-impermeable surfacing material extending laterally of a side edge of an airstrip shoulder, an artificial grass surface adj... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7179017 | Low-viscosity, silicone-modified penetrating asphalt sealer to eliminate water associated problems in asphalt pavements A solvent-based solution including methods of making and using for treating and protecting for heavy traffic asphalt pavement, particularly against water-associated problems, such as repeated freeze/thaw cycles, and damage caused by exposure to UV light. The mechani... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7175362 | Synthetic covering systems for safety areas of airports Systems, methods and apparatuses for airport safety areas, runways and taxiways is provided. Various attachment systems for installing a synthetic covering are described. The use of artificial turf as well as various embodiments for a suitable synthetic matting for ... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7168883 | Tennis surface A simulated clay tennis surface has a first region tufted with synthetic ribbons of a first height, and a second region tufted with synthetic ribbons higher than those of the first region. A granular infill material is applied to a depth which covers the ribbons in ... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7168886 | Method and apparatus for laying a traffic calming surface The present application relates to methods for laying a traffic calming surface, in which molten material is deposited on the surface of a road or path and is then moulded so as to form a continuous, substantially sinusoidal profile which extends along the intended ... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7160049 | Paving material for absorbing electromagnetic wave and pavement structure using it An electromagnetic absorber formed of conductive fiber or the like, such as carbon fiber having an overall length corresponding to the wavelength of electromagnetic waves to be absorbed, is mixed into a base material to form an electromagnetic wave-absorbing pavemen... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7144190 | Road surfacing material over roadway joints, method of manufacturing, and method using the same A membrane assembly (100) has at least a pair of bottom sheet membranes (102), (102) and at least one top sheet membrane (104), wherein the bottom sheet membranes (102), (102) are adapted to attach to and cover respective pa... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7144087 | Systems and methods for milling paving material with increased stability, support, and power Systems and methods for milling paving material. A self-powered milling system includes a cutting head to mill the paving material. The cutting head is powered by a milling system motor that speeds up production and enables the milling of very thick asphalt in a sin... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7134806 | Repairing road surfaces A method of repairing a road surface includes providing a hopper mounted on a spreading vehicle and means to spread material carried in the hopper over depressed areas of the road surface to fill them with the material. At ambient temperature, a batch of patching sl... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7121761 | Paved surface configured for reducing tire noise and increasing tire traction and method and apparatus of manufacturing same A paved surface configured for reducing tire noise and increasing tire traction on the paved surface and to a method and apparatus for manufacturing such a paved surface. The paved surface includes grooves in the traffic bearing surface that are substantially neithe... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7114875 | Method and apparatus for laying hot blacktop paving material A method of laying hot blacktop paving material, the method comprising a spreading step during which the material is spread onto a surface for receiving it, and immediately prior to the spreading step, a step of adding water during which water plus wetting agent is ... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7069703 | Method and system for constructing large, continuous, concrete slabs A method and system are provided for constructing large, continuous, concrete slabs without using conventional shrinkage joints. The system comprises a grid of closely-spaced crack inducers (2) arranged relative to a concrete-pouring surface and adapted to be... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7025530 | Road mats A road mat having a mat body with a first coupling end and a second coupling end. A first locking mechanism is provided at the first coupling end that includes a male coupling member and a female coupling member. A second locking mechanism is provided at the second ... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7010412 | Method for calculating parameters in road design of S-type clothoid, complex clothoid and egg type clothoid The present invention relates to a method for calculating parameters in a road design of a S type, a complex type and an egg type clothoid, and in particular to a method for calculating a parameter value capable of determining the size of a clothoid that is inserted... | 03/07/2006 |
| 7000884 | Paving system In one aspect the present invention provides an apparatus for forming paving from a settable material and which comprises: a base frame having a plurality of upstanding walls which, alone or together with an adjacent positioned said base frame, defines a plurality o... | 02/21/2006 |
| 7001453 | Method of selecting a high modulus layer binder A method of selecting an asphalt binder for use in constructing a high modulus layer of bituminous pavement is provided. This method includes measuring the complex shear modulus of one or more binders at a temperature of not more than about 30° C., measuring the cr... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6971819 | Electrically conductive pavement mixture An electrically conductive paving system that has enhanced conductivity of the conductive graphite/asphalt layer. This is achieved by incorporating into the paving mixture a blend of two naturally occurring crystalline flake graphites, one being coarse (generally la... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6966723 | Binder/aggregate/container systems A road repair kit and/or bridge joint repair kit is comprised of an outer container, a measured amount of binder material and a separate and distinct measured amount of aggregate material. In one preferred embodiment of this invention, the binder material is in a fi... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6963131 | Integrated circuit system with a latent heat storage module The present invention relates to an integrated circuit system with at least one integrated circuit, a cooling body to dissipate the heat generated by the integrated circuit and a latent heat storage module having a latent heat storage medium. The latent heat storage... | 11/08/2005 |
| 6962462 | Method of forming, installing and a system for attaching a pre-fabricated pavement slab to a subbase and the pre-fabricated pavement slab so formed A pre-fabricated pavement slab having a binder distribution system and an interconnection system formed for attachment of the bottom surface of the slab, wherein both the binder distribution system and the interconnection system are accessible from the top surface o... | 11/08/2005 |
| 6962463 | Construction of environmental and water-permeable paving A method of constructing an environmental and water-permeable paving, which includes the steps of connecting a plurality of frame units composed of water ducts and connecting meshes to form a great area of framework; burying the frame units into the soil, above the ... | 11/08/2005 |
| 6926655 | Method of packaging a web, and a package produced thereby The invention relates to a method and package for packaging a web. In the method of the invention, a web is slit into two or more narrower webs which are folded into superimposed layers. The method comprises the steps of directing the webs to a nip formed by two rot... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6920732 | Flooring material comprising flooring elements which are assembled by means of separate joining elements Flooring material comprising board shaped floor elements which are provided with edges, a lower side and a decorative upper surface. The floor elements are intended to be joined by means of separate joining profile. All four edges are provided with one notch-like gr... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6846354 | Process and system for production of a warm foam mix asphalt composition The invention describes a process for preparing a warm mix asphalt composition by mixing an aggregate grain material with a soft binder, and adding a hard binder to the mixed aggregate grain material. The hard binder is foamed in a foaming process before it is intro... | 01/25/2005 |
| 6830408 | System for repairing distressed roads that includes an asphalt interlayer A system for repairing roads is provided. The system includes a highly strain tolerant, substantially impermeable, reflective crack relief interlayer. The interlayer includes a polymer modified asphalt binder mixed with a dense fine aggregate mixture. About 100% of ... | 12/14/2004 |
| 6827521 | Pavement system A pavement system utilizing a plurality of individual pavement segments. The elevation of the individual pavement segments can be adjusted by pumping a flowable material below the pavement segments through preformed ports in the pavement segments. ... | 12/07/2004 |
| 6767160 | Porous pavement for water quantity and quality management A pavement material for the capture of waterborne constituents. The pavement material comprises a porous pavement substrate and an amphoteric compound bonded to the substrate. The porous pavement material may have a hydraulic conductivity ranging from about 0.001 to... | 07/27/2004 |
| 6758629 | Rigid runways made of postensed celled concrete for airports and highways A postensed celled concrete runway for take off and landing of aircraft is described, also for racetracks, freeways and highways, characterized by a celled structure wherein each cell contains: nervures, a cell base and a cell cover that forms the surface of runway.... | 07/06/2004 |
