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Hydraulic and earth engineering March listing by industry category 03/10

20100074686 - Structure forming a breakwater and capable of ice free, year round operation: A structure for use in a body of water has at least one level that includes a boat lift, a narrow dock, or a larger entertainment area, or combinations of these items on multi-level structures (e.g. a boat lift on a first level and an entertainment area on a second... Agent: James W. Miller, Attorney

20100074687 - Pipeline protection and levee module system: A levee and barrier module for fluid control and containment is provided including an outer module shell and a module-to-module connection system to attach adjacent outer shells. The outer module shell is formed by opposing side walls and two opposing end walls and is configured to enclose or support filler... Agent: Connie Masters

20100074688 - Alternative daily cover system with re-usable panels and method for using same: A system of panels for use in covering an active face of an operational landfill, in order to prevent and/or minimize litter, odors, leachate production, fires, and the prevalence of flies and vectors. Each panel comprises a plate; one or more brackets; and optionally, a flap. The brackets are adapted... Agent: Oyen, Wiggs, Green & Mutala LLP 480 - The Station

20100074689 - Pipe distributing system: A system for distributing large pipe or conduit at a job site includes a containment mounted on a vehicle and configured to contain a quantity of pipe. The containment defines an opening sized for passage of a pipe lengthwise. A pipe dispensing apparatus is disposed within the opening and includes... Agent: Maginot, Moore & Beck, LLP Chase Tower

20100074690 - Systems for the subterranean support of underground conduits: The present invention relates to a support system for supporting a conduit. In one exemplary embodiment, the system includes support beams extending across an excavated opening. For example, a pair of beams may be positioned to span the excavated opening with the opposing ends of the beams supported on the... Agent: Baker & Daniels LLP 111 E. Wayne Street

20100074691 - System and method for modular, high volume deepwater facility production: Production systems and associated methods are disclosed. In some embodiments, the production system includes a production barge and a production facility disposed on the production barge. The production facility is operable to produce a plurality of modular components for use in construction of an offshore structure, wherein the modular components... Agent: Conley Rose, P.C. David A. Rose

20100074692 - Open-sea berth lng import terminal: Methods and systems for receiving liquefied natural gas (LNG) and delivering vaporized natural gas to a pipeline in fluid communication with onshore equipment and methods for importing LNG. In one embodiment, an open-sea berth import terminal includes a platform, which is fixed to the sea floor and includes two or... Agent: Exxon Mobil Upstream Research Company

20100074693 - Battered column offshore platform: An offshore platform includes a buoyant hull comprising three or more interconnected pontoons and a plurality of support columns. The support columns support a deck or structure that supports equipment and/or payloads above a water surface. The support columns extend upwardly from respective ends of the pontoons to the deck... Agent: Nick A Nichols, Jr.

20100074694 - Methods for the subterranean support of underground conduits: In one exemplary embodiment, curved sheet pile is driven underneath an existing conduit using a pile driver guided hydraulically by an excavator or other heavy machinery. By vibrating the curved sheet piles, the soil is placed in suspension, which allows the piles to be directed through the soil along an... Agent: Baker & Daniels LLP 111 E. Wayne Street

20100074695 - Fluid recovery: After a rock anchor which encompasses the anchor bolt, has been inserted with an end sleeve beforehand into a bore hole, on the sleeve there is an adapter with liquid supply and drain. Via the holding pressure line a holding pressure is produced which fixes the adapter on the sleeve.... Agent: Young & Thompson

20100074696 - Apparatus and method for securing resin set bolts when performing rock boltiing: The resin nozzle adapted for storing resin set bolts into ceilings and walls of a mine by injecting a resin sausage into a pre-drilled bolt hole, the said nozzle including: a spring that defines a passage to which resin sausages may be passed there-through; a nozzle tip connectable to the... Agent: Renner Kenner Greive Bobak Taylor & Weber

20100074697 - Soil improvement agent supply apparatus: The soil improvement agent supply apparatus, includes a storage tank for storing the soil improvement agent, a feeder for adding the soil improvement agent in the storage tank to the soil, an arch breaker for stirring the soil improvement agent in the storage tank, a load detector for detecting the... Agent: Mattingly & Malur, P.C.

20100074698 - Sheet pile for the subterranean support of underground conduits: In one exemplary embodiment, the present invention includes a plurality of individual curved sheet piles that are positioned beneath an underground conduit, such as a raceway, to support the conduit during excavation. In one exemplary embodiment, the individual sections of curved sheet pile are interfit and/or interconnected. This allows the... Agent: Baker & Daniels LLP 111 E. Wayne Street

20100067985 - Small watercraft boatlift: A boatlift for use with small, manual or paddle or oar powered watercraft (such as canoes and kayaks) is provided with a guide rails on either side of the boat lift, which can be utilized by a boater to propel or urge his/her watercraft onto the boatlift. In addition, that... Agent: Polster, Lieder, Woodruff & Lucchesi

20100067986 - Adjustable system and method for carrying out work at an underwater structure: The present invention relates to a dry setting installation (1) for generating a substantially dry working space for carrying out work at an underwater structure. The dry setting installation (1) comprises two side-walls (2), a back wall (3) and a bottom (4) thus forming a cofferdam. The dry setting installation... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20100067987 - Water ballasted wave attenuator: This invention relates to a novel water ballasted wave attenuator that can be used to diminish or eliminate the impact of waves on shorelines or objects located in or on water bodies. A water ballasted wave attenuator comprising: (a) a hollow shell formed of reinforced concrete; (b) a flotation medium... Agent: Oyen, Wiggs, Green & Mutala LLP 480 - The Station

20100067988 - Pulling device and method therefor: A puller is provided with a number of advantages. Pullers are described that have a high power to weight ratio, and a high power to volume ratio. Examples of pullers and pulling systems include configurations that provide high cable friction in a small device volume. Examples of pullers and pulling... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.

20100067989 - Vessel for transporting wind turbines and methods thereof: A vessel having the capability of storing, transporting, and installing between one and ten wind turbines is provided. Such a vessel includes a hull having a hull periphery. The vessel further includes at least two rear jack-up legs, and at least one forward jack-up leg, movably attached to the hull,... Agent: Greenberg Traurig (hou) Intellectual Property Department

20100067990 - Severing device with controlled triggering: Device for severing parts of a concrete work, comprising a container in which an over-pressure is generated by a gas produced by a chemical reaction between a chemical compound and an aqueous solution after a predetermined delay. The container includes the aqueous solution and is attached to a case comprising... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20100067991 - Sheet-like element such as a net, particularly for geotechnical applications: A sheet-like element, such as a net, particularly for geotechnical applications, comprising a sheet-like body formed by superimposing at least two sets of filaments in order to provide a lattice-like structure, the sheet-like body being provided by a first polymer, which defines the lattice-like structure, and a second polymer, which... Agent: Modiano & Associati Via Meravigli. 16

20100061804 - Methods for compensating beach erosion: In accordance with at least one methodology of the present disclosure, an excavating machine (e.g., excavator, backhoe, bulldozer, etc.) moves an excavating apparatus (e.g., a bucket, blade, etc.) such that the excavating apparatus skims the underwater surface of a beach close to the shoreline to gather sand thereby forming a... Agent: Lanier Ford Shaver & Payne P.C.

20100061805 - System and method for a curved conduit: A system and method are disclosed for converting channels manufactured for connection together to produce a straight conduit into channels that may be connected together to produce an effectively curved conduit. A link is described that permits the connection between two channels to be connected with an axial offset, which... Agent: Fulwider Patton LLP

20100061806 - Information method combined with dynamic consolidation and vacuum drainage for reinforcement of soft soil ground: The present invention is a soft soil treatment method. Given soil profiles of site subsections investigated by using handy augers, coefficient of permeability and water contents of each soil stratum, rely on soil information-based control, install vacuum pipes, impart vacuum effort, uninstall partial vacuum pipes and impart vacuum-compaction efforts. Densify... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, PC

20100061807 - pipe section for use in a submerged pipeline system, the submerged pipeline system and the use thereof: This invention concerns a pipe section for use in a submerged pipeline system, the submerged pipeline system and the use thereof In particular it concerns a submerged pipeline system for long-distance transport of potable water. More in particular, the present invention concerns a submerged pipeline system being constructed of pipe... Agent: Hoffmann & Baron, LLP

20100061808 - Boom with guard: A boom configured to maneuver large objects, such as sections of pipe, which comprises a machine guard assembly having a support member. The support member includes an outer support surface with a protective layer disposed thereon.... Agent: Caterpillar Inc. Intellectual Property Dept.

20100061809 - Systems and methods for reducing drag and/or vortex induced vibration: There is disclosed a system for reducing drag and/or vortex induced vibration of a structure, the system comprising a fairing comprising a dampening mechanism adapted to dampen the rotation of the fairing about the structure.... Agent: Shell Oil Company

20100061810 - Ballasted driven pile: A driven pile anchor suitable for securing a tendon of a tension leg platform to the seafloor is supplemented with added weight. The pile may be a conventional driven friction pile installed with an underwater pile hammer. A load frame is added to the individual pile to accommodate ballast weights.... Agent: Wong, Cabello, Lutsch, Rutherford & Brucculeri, L.L.P.

20100054859 - Hydraulic sliding insertion panel and its using method: A hydraulic sliding insertion panel comprises a reinforced concrete poling board (1), a flow guide tube (2) is set in the poling board (1) and a water distributing pipe (3) communicated with the flow guide tube (2) is set in the bottom of the poling board; moreover, a slideway (5)... Agent: Sally Chang

20100054861 - Device and method for lowering or raising the end of an underwater pipe from a laying vessel: A device and a method for lowering or raising the end of an undersea pipe between a vessel and the sea bottom by a carriage moving along an inclined J-lay tower and co-operating with chain-locking devices connecting the top end of the pipe to a storage area by passing over... Agent: Cohen, Pontani, Lieberman & Pavane LLP

20100054860 - Seismic cable with adjustable buoyancy: A method and apparatus for a seismic cable is described. In one embodiment, the seismic cable includes a first cable segment and a second cable segment coupled together by a connector. Each cable segment includes an inner jacket defining a hollow core, a braided strength fiber surrounding the inner jacket,... Agent: Patterson & Sheridan, L.L.P.

20100054862 - Articulated flowline connection: An articulated flowline connection, or coupling, between a flowline and a structure. In some embodiments, the coupling includes a housing and three cylindrical members, each disposed within the housing. The housing has a first longitudinal centerline. The first cylindrical member is rotatable relative to the housing about the first centerline,... Agent: Conley Rose, P.C. David A. Rose

20100054863 - Flex-leg offshore structure: A leg assembly for a compliant offshore tower provides a structure allowing foundation drive piles to be driven and attached entirely externally to the space frame of the tower, and simultaneously providing restraints on bending forces within the drive pile—flex leg connection structure, allowing for ease of construction and assembly... Agent: R. Perry Mcconnell, P.C.

20100054864 - Auger grouted displacement pile: Disclosed in this specification is a method and apparatus for placing a helical pile in the soil with minimal disturbances to the soil. The helical pile has an elongated pipe with a central chamber. The pipe has a helical blade with an opening in the trailing edge of the blade... Agent: Hiscock & Barclay, LLP

20100054865 - Bearing plate for use in an anchor assembly and related method: A bearing plate for use in an anchor assembly and associated method are provided. The bearing plate may have a body with a middle portion with a helical configuration about an axis. Leading and trailing portions are also included on either end of the middle portion. An upper leading portion... Agent: J. Bennett Mullinax, LLC

20100054866 - Method and apparatus for creating soil or rock subsurface support: A subsurface support is provided in the form of a soil nail. The soil nail has asperities formed on the outer surface thereof to improve the pullout capacity of the soil nail. The asperities can take a number of forms to include indentations, deformations and threads formed on the outer... Agent: Sheridan Ross PC

20100054867 - Mesoporous microparticle aggregates and methods of making and using the same: An aggregate of mesoporous microparticles that comprises two or more of covalently bound mesoporous microparticles is described. The aggregate of mesoporous microparticles can be used for many applications, including slowing or reversing desertification.... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20100054868 - Method for the production of sheet piling components, and sheet piling component: The invention relates to a method for manufacturing a sheet pile wall component such as a sheet pile, a connection profile or a carrier that exhibits at least one interlock with a uniform cross-section extending across the entire length of the sheet pile wall component for engaging the interlock of... Agent: William H. Dippert Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott, LLC

20100054869 - Shoring beam extension and reinforcement assembly: A shoring beam extension and reinforcement assembly allows a user to removably connect a plurality of shoring beams together so as to customize a support assembly to a particular excavation site. In use, main shoring beams extending around the periphery of an excavation site are connected at the corners by... Agent: Diederiks & Whitelaw, PLC

20100054870 - Mine roof and rib support with reinforced channel: A mine roof and rib support can be a support member having a roof support arm and a rib support arm, wherein the roof support arm is provided at an angle to the rib support arm. An aperture for a roof bolt is provided through the support member adjacent an... Agent: The Webb Law Firm, P.C.