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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7160061 | Subterranean barriers including at least one weld A subterranean barrier and method for forming same are disclosed, the barrier including a plurality of casing strings wherein at least one casing string of the plurality of casing strings may be affixed to at least another adjacent casing string of the plurality of ... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7150584 | Steel-pipe sheet pile and coupling structure of steel-pipe sheet piles A steel-pipe sheet pile including a steel pipe and joints for coupling the steel pipe to another steel pipe and multiple steel pipes arranged in a building direction of a steel-pipe sheet pile wall, wherein the joints include a male joint and a female joint each mad... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7025540 | Sheet pile An elongated element (1) having a cross-sectional shape permitting the element to be interlocked with adjacent elements, the element having a basic square shape with interlocking members (4,6,8) on at least three sides of the element, wherein the propo... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7018141 | Earth retaining system such as a sheet pile wall with integral soil anchors A soil retaining system combining flat sheet pile walls in an open cell configuration includes integral soil anchors to provide an earth retaining system. A method of designing and installing a soil retaining system with an open sheet pile cell structure having inte... | 03/28/2006 |
| 6939086 | Metal sheet pile In a metal sheet pile, an effective width B [mm], a flange width Bf [mm], a height H [mm] and a geometrical moment of inertia I [cm4/m] meet the inequalities 700≦B≦1,200; 280≦Bf≦0.0005×B2−0.05×B; and −0.073×B+0.0043×I+230≦H≦... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6494009 | Green concrete retaining wall and method for constructing the same A concrete retaining wall is disclosed on which flora can be cultured and a method for constructing the same. The retaining wall has a steel skeleton constructed with basal H-beams, aerial H-beams, L-beams, structural steel tubes and steel plates. The bas... | 12/17/2002 |
| 6341922 | Cellular construction, in particular supporting or sound insulating construction capable of being greened, and process for producing the same A cellular structure, in particular a supporting or sound insulation structure plantable with greenery, one with earth, rock, or bulk material filling (Ed), arranged in particular as cells (Z) in layers, the cells being bounded at least in part by flat fl... | 01/29/2002 |
| 5800096 | Subsurface barrier wall and method of installation A subsurface barrier wall having a number of interconnected columns is disclosed. The columns are driven into the subsurface, one next to the other in interlocking fashion, with a percussive drive hammer. A sonic drilling tool is driven ahead of the colum... | 09/01/1998 |
| 5458722 | Method and locking device, for connecting in a liquid-tight manner wall sections of a multi-sectioned wall A method for connecting in a liquid-tight manner cooperating lock halves of a locking device of adjacent wall sections of a multi-sectioned wall introduced into a suspension includes providing a first lock half as an inner profiled member and a second loc... | 10/17/1995 |
| 4704052 | Foundation and method for improving the resistance to sliding of civil engineering structures A foundation for a retaining wall-type of structure acted upon by a principal force tending to slide same in a predetermined direction is anchored by a plurality of slide resisting walls. The slide resisting walls extend parallel to the predetermined dire... | 11/03/1987 |