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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 01, 2016
Filed:
May. 13, 2014
Applicants:
Austin Gray Mullins, Bradenton, FL (US);
Rajan Sen, Tampa, FL (US);
Lawrence Edward Jones, Tallahassee, FL (US);
Inventors:
Austin Gray Mullins, Bradenton, FL (US);
Rajan Sen, Tampa, FL (US);
Lawrence Edward Jones, Tallahassee, FL (US);
Assignee:
University of South Florida, Tampa, FL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E02D 5/52 (2006.01); E02D 5/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E02D 5/526 (2013.01); E02D 5/24 (2013.01);
Abstract
In one embodiment, a pile splicing system and method uses a pile segment adapted to form part of a spliced pile, the pile segment including an elongated concrete body having first and second ends, one-way anchor embedded in the body that is adapted to resist passage of a post-tensioning strand in a direction toward the first end of the body; and a splicing duct embedded in the body that extends from the first end to the embedded one-way anchor.