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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:
Jul. 25, 2006
Filed:
Apr. 27, 2005
Applicant:
T. Richard Morris, Matthews, NC (US);
Inventor:
T. Richard Morris, Matthews, NC (US);
Assignee:
International Construction Equipment, Inc., Matthews, NC (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E02D 7/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method and apparatus for driving and extracting piles that includes a vibration/tension load absorber assembly mounted between a housing and the vibratory unit which includes shear-type vibration absorbers connected between the housing and the vibratory unit and operating in combination with at least one compression-type vibration absorber positioned to be compressed between first and second compression plates when the tension load reaches a predetermined level.