Patents by Inventor Philippe Manuel DE SOUSA

Philippe Manuel DE SOUSA has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Trench wall apparatus and method for creating a trench in the ground
    Patent number: 10822767
    Abstract: A trench wall apparatus includes a base frame held at its top end by a holding means held by at least one soil excavation means, which is positioned at a bottom end of the base frame. When soil is excavated while forming the trench, the trench wall apparatus is held by a clamping means that includes at least two clamping elements on opposite sides extended laterally by at least one actuating cylinder, whereby at least one part of the trench wall apparatus is clamped in the trench, and a pressing means applies a pressing force on the at least one soil excavation means. The clamping elements and clamping cylinder are positioned on an intermediate frame displaceably mounted along the base frame. The intermediate frame is clamped and fixed to the ground by the clamping means. The base frame having the soil excavation means is pressed downward by the pressing means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignees: BAUER Maschinen GmbH, VSL International LTD
    Inventors: Ludwig Andreas Huber, Leonhard Weixler, Olivier Pierre Dominique Haye, Philippe Manuel De Sousa
  • TRENCH WALL APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CREATING A TRENCH IN THE GROUND
    Publication number: 20180327996
    Abstract: A trench wall apparatus includes a base frame held at its top end by a holding means held by at least one soil excavation means, which is positioned at a bottom end of the base frame. When soil is excavated while forming the trench, the trench wall apparatus is held by a clamping means that includes at least two clamping elements on opposite sides extended laterally by at least one actuating cylinder, whereby at least one part of the trench wall apparatus is clamped in the trench, and a pressing means applies a pressing force on the at least one soil excavation means. The clamping elements and clamping cylinder are positioned on an intermediate frame displaceably mounted along the base frame. The intermediate frame is clamped and fixed to the ground by the clamping means. The base frame having the soil excavation means is pressed downward by the pressing means.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2018
    Publication date: November 15, 2018
    Applicants: BAUER Maschinen GmbH, VSL International LTD
    Inventors: Ludwig Andreas HUBER, Leonhard WEIXLER, Olivier Pierre Dominique HAYE, Philippe Manuel DE SOUSA