公开(公告)号：US11851840B1

公开(公告)日：2023-12-26

申请号：US18100355

申请日：2023-01-23

申请人： JOHN LAWRIE, INC.

发明人： Victor Arthur Sinclair

IPC分类号： F16L13/16 ,  F16L13/14 ,  B21D39/04 ,  E02D5/28 ,  E02D5/48

CPC分类号： E02D5/285 ,  E02D5/48 ,  E02D2200/1685 ,  E02D2250/0015 ,  E02D2300/0029 ,  E02D2600/20

摘要： A coupling between lead and extension pile segments of a driven piling. The extension segment has a formed end, an opposite driven end and a body extending therebetween. The formed end has an inner diameter equal to an outer diameter of an exposed end of the lead segment and greater than an outer diameter of the extension segment's body. The formed end has an initial length prior to coupling the extension and lead segments; the formed end undergoes secondary end forming when a driving force is applied, such that the formed end has a final length exceeding the initial length after the extension and lead segments are coupled. In some embodiments, the extension segment has an external ring portion positioned upstream of the formed end, and the exposed end of the lead segment is cold extruded into and through the external ring portion of the extension segment.