Patents by Inventor Willy Sonck

Willy Sonck 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).

  • Patent number: 8235626
    Abstract: A dry setting installation (1) for generating a substantially dry working space for carrying out work at an underwater structure. The dry setting installation (1) has two side-walls (2), a back wall (3) and a bottom (4) thus forming a cofferdam. The dry setting installation furthermore has, for each side-wall, a side edge sealing (20) provided on the side-wall (2) edge for providing a substantially sealing contact between the side-walls (2) and the underwater structure. The dry setting installation also has a distance variation system (30) for varying the distance between the side edge sealing system (20) of the two side-walls (2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2012
    Assignee: General Coatings N.V.
    Inventors: Willy Sonck, Eric Van Draege
  • Publication number: 20100067986
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a dry setting installation (1) for generating a substantially dry working space for carrying out work at an underwater structure. The dry setting installation (1) comprises two side-walls (2), a back wall (3) and a bottom (4) thus forming a cofferdam. The dry setting installation furthermore comprises, for each side-wall, a side edge sealing means (20) provided on the side-wall (2) edge for providing a substantially sealing contact between the side-walls (2) and the underwater structure. According to embodiments of the present invention, the dry setting installation also comprises a distance variation means (30) for varying the distance between the side edge sealing means (20) of the two side-walls (2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2009
    Publication date: March 18, 2010
    Inventors: Willy Sonck, Eric Van Draege
  • Patent number: 5292206
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for sealing a caisson comprising a bottom, two upright side walls and a back wall, and intended for carrying out works to a sheet pile wall below the water line, characterized in that it comprises the combination of an inflatable continuous air chamber (8); a series of deformable sealing elements (9); a core (10) which can be displaced between each of said sealing elements (9) and the air chamber (8) and guiding plates (11) and means for allowing the lateral displacement of said sealing elements with respect to the caisson.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 1992
    Date of Patent: March 8, 1994
    Assignee: General Coatings
    Inventors: Willy Sonck, Eric Van Draege
  • Patent number: 4696597
    Abstract: This invention concerns equipment designed for carrying out work under dry conditions on an underwater structure in particular on a sheet pile planking wall with grooves at more or less regular intervals comprising a caisson brought through two vertical walls and a floor in contact with a sheet pile planking wall and means to keep the caisson pressed against the sheet pile planking wall comprising the floor of the caisson being fitted with horizontally adjustable sealing sheets that slide in the grooves of the sheet pile planking wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 1986
    Date of Patent: September 29, 1987
    Assignee: General Coatings
    Inventor: Willy Sonck