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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 13, 2002
Filed:
Apr. 21, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Roland Anderegg, Olten, CH;
Hans-Ulrich Leibundgut, Kirchenthurnen, CH;
Assignee:
Ammann Verdichtung AG, Langenthal, CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E01C 2/307 ; E01C 1/938 ; E02D 3/02 ; B01F 1/100 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E01C 2/307 ; E01C 1/938 ; E02D 3/02 ; B01F 1/100 ;
Abstract
Method and apparatus for compacting soil and for determining a mechanical characteristic of soil, including a method and apparatus for periodically compacting soil with a soil compacting device so as to make the soil and the soil compacting device vibrate together as a single oscillatory system, analyzing the vibration of the soil and soil compacting device, and adjusting an oscillatory driving force so as to drive the single oscillatory system towards a characteristic resonance frequency &OHgr;.