Patents Assigned to Freyssinét
  • Excavation machine with a pivotable kelly bar
    Patent number: 8632275
    Abstract: An excavation machine including —a mast having a longitudinal direction, —a bar presenting a first end provided with an excavation tool, and —a carriage movable along the longitudinal direction of the mast and including a first holder member for holding the bar relative to the carriage, the carriage being suitable for moving the bar along the longitudinal direction of the mast. The first holder member is pivotable relative to the carriage and by the fact that the first holder member presents a locked state in which the bar is prevented from moving in translation relative to the carriage, and an unlocked state in which the bar is free to move in translation relative to the carriage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2014
    Assignee: Soletanche Freyssinet
    Inventors: Philippe Chagnot, Laurent Pivert
  • STRUCTURAL ELEMENT FOR TRANSITORY STORAGE AND DEFERRED USE OF THERMAL ENERGY, RELATED STRUCTURE AND METHODS
    Publication number: 20130333860
    Abstract: Structural element (3;13) for a civil engineering structure, arranged for transitorily storing and using in a deferred manner thermal energy. The structural element is provided with: a first set (1;11) of at least one heat exchanger extending between a heat or coolness source (S) and the structural element so as to transfer thermal energy from the heat or coolness source to the structural element where it is transitorily stored; and a second set (2a;2b;12a;12b) of at least one heat exchanger extending between the structural element and at least one entity (5;15;17) external to the structural element, the second set of at least one heat exchanger being arranged for, when activated, transferring at least part of the thermal energy transitorily stored in the structural element to said entity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2011
    Publication date: December 19, 2013
    Applicant: SOLETANCHE FREYSSINET
    Inventor: Jerome Maurice Stubler
  • Method for reinforcing a construction work using reinforcing bands
    Patent number: 8595912
    Abstract: The method comprises the following steps for each of the reinforcing bands: a) anchoring a first zone (2a, 3a, 4a) of the reinforcing band onto the construction work and establishing a free portion of the reinforcing band; b) tensioning the reinforcing band (2, 3, 4) by applying traction to a second zone of the reinforcing band located in the free portion, said traction causing an elongation (d2, d3, d4) of and a reactive force (R2, R3, R4) in the reinforcing band, with the free portion of the reinforcing band being free to slide on the construction work as it elongates; and c) mechanically attaching the reinforcing band to itself and/or to the construction work, so as to absorb the reactive force from the reinforcing band within a region of the construction work which can support the reactive force from the reinforcing band.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2013
    Assignee: Soletanche Freyssinet
    Inventor: Jérôme Stubler
  • Method for the construction of a civil engineering structure and associated system
    Patent number: 8555599
    Abstract: A method of construction of a civil engineering structure that includes first and second superimposed components is described. According to one embodiment of the method: the second component is positioned beneath a fixed lifting structure that includes a lifting device, the second component is lifted using the lifting device, the first component is positioned beneath the fixed lifting structure substantially below the second component, and the second component is substantially placed on the first component using the lifting device, while the second component remains substantially in place.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2013
    Assignee: Freyssinet
    Inventors: Jerome Stubler, Jean-Daniel Lebon, Sebastien Petit
  • DEVICE FOR DIVERTING A STRUCTURAL CABLE, SUCH AS A GUY LINE, AND CONSTRUCTION COMPRISING SAME
    Publication number: 20130255170
    Abstract: The structural cable has several stretched tendons (4). It is diverted in a device comprising a body crossed by conduits (10). Each conduit has a wall to guide one of the tendons along a curved path. The wall of the conduit has a tendon support area (11) directed toward the interior of the curve of the path. This support area presents, in the center portion of the conduit and transverse to the curved path, a section in the shape of a circular arc whose radius is appreciably equal to half the external diameter of the tendon. The central portion of the conduit has a cross-section enlarged outside the support area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2011
    Publication date: October 3, 2013
    Applicant: SOLETANCHE FREYSSINET
    Inventors: Erik Millier, Stephane Joye
  • STRAND, STRUCTURAL CABLE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE STRAND
    Publication number: 20130174530
    Abstract: A strand (3) comprising a group of twisted threads (8) and arranged so as to have, over a first part (1) of its length: a sheath (4) containing the group of twisted threads, and a flexible filling product (7) filling a peripheral interstice (6) located between the inner face of the sheath and the periphery of the group of twisted threads, and, over a second part (2) of its length, which is separate from the first part: a material (9) covering the periphery of the group of twisted threads, said material adhering to the twisted threads of the group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2010
    Publication date: July 11, 2013
    Applicant: SOLETANCHE FREYSSINET
    Inventors: Erik Mellier, Stéphane Joye
  • ASSEMBLY OF A TUBE MADE FROM COMPOSITE MATERIAL AND A TUBULAR METAL PART
    Publication number: 20130126035
    Abstract: The invention relates to the assembly of a tube (1) made from composite material and a tubular metal part (2) in order to produce pipes. The assembly process comprises:—inserting a portion of the metal part (2) into the composite material tube (1); and—radially deforming the metal part (2) to a plastic deformation range sufficient to cause elastic deformation of said composite material tube (1), in order to obtain a radial contact between the outer wall of the metal part (2) and the inner wall of the composite material tube (1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 4, 2011
    Publication date: May 23, 2013
    Applicants: SOLETANCHE FREYSSINET, TOTAL SA, DORIS ENGINEERING, STE DES FIBRES DE CARBONE
    Inventors: Ivica Zivanovic, Julien Mercier, William Lindsay Hudson, Maurice Geli
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ISOLATING AND DECONTAMINATING A BLOCK OF SOIL
    Publication number: 20130101353
    Abstract: Isolation and decontamination of a block of soil (1) containing at least one pollutant, a first array of drains (11) being placed substantially vertically in the block of soil, a first array of connectors (13) being connected to the drains of the first array of drains. The first array of connectors is selectively connected to a gas and/or fluid extraction system (10) or to an unpolluted-fluid injection system (10).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2011
    Publication date: April 25, 2013
    Applicant: SOLETANCHE FREYSSINET
    Inventors: Guy Bousquet, Marc Lacazedieu, Jérôme Stubler
  • Collar for tube and related methods of manufacture and installation
    Patent number: 8414728
    Abstract: The invention proposes a collar intended to be placed around a portion of a tube and in contact with a separator between a first space and a second space. The collar has a generally annular shape and comprises a superimposition of alternating layers of silicone adhesive and fabrics and an upper layer of silicone elastomer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2013
    Assignee: Freyssinet
    Inventors: Gilles Sangouard, Jacques Bertholet
  • Hydraulically-driven vibrating device for a vibratory compacting machine
    Patent number: 8382397
    Abstract: The invention relates to a vibrator device for a vibratory compacting machine, said device comprising: a tubular body extending longitudinally and having a bottom end; at least one first hydraulic motor disposed in the tubular body and comprising a rotor and a stator; an eccentric member arranged inside the tubular body between the bottom end and the first hydraulic motor, said eccentric member being adapted to be rotated by the rotor of the first hydraulic motor so as to generate vibration. The invention is characterized in that the stator of the first hydraulic motor is constituted by the tubular body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2013
    Assignee: Soletanche Freyssinet
    Inventors: Daniel Perpezat, Laurent Pivert, Philippe Chagnot
  • METHOD FOR MONITORING MOVEMENTS OF GROUND
    Publication number: 20130011019
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method of surveying movements of a terrain. The invention is characterized by the fact that the method comprises: a step of providing the raw variations of the coordinates of a plurality of survey points situated on the terrain, and the raw variations of the coordinates of at least one reference point-Wry situated on the terrain; a step of determining the real variations of the coordinates of said at least one reference point; and a step of calculating corrected variations of the coordinates of the survey points, performed on the basis of the raw variations of the coordinates of the survey points, of the raw variations of the coordinates of said reference point, and of the real variations of the coordinates of said reference point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2010
    Publication date: January 10, 2013
    Applicant: SOLETANCHE FREYSSINET
    Inventors: Martin Beth, Fabien Ranvier, Eric Gastine
  • Method for strengthening a structure and associated anchorage unit
    Patent number: 8333047
    Abstract: The invention therefore proposes an anchorage unit for anchoring at least one prestressing member, capable of being tensioned, onto a structural component to be strengthened or repaired by additional prestressing. The anchorage unit includes means of fixing onto the structural component and means of anchoring the prestressing member located adjacent to a first side of the anchorage unit oriented towards a regular section of the prestressing member. The fixing means are located adjacent to a second side, opposite the first side, of the anchorage unit, which is so provided that it may be put into traction when the prestressing member is tensioned.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2012
    Assignee: Freyssinet International (STUP)
    Inventors: Jean-Francois Nieto, Christian Tourneur
  • System for obtaining information relating to a pipe, and associated method
    Patent number: 8307725
    Abstract: The invention proposes a system for obtaining information relating to a pipe (4) conveying a flow of fluid (28), and/or relating to the fluid. This system comprises a module (1;30) comprising means (10) of acquiring data, subsequent analysis of which makes it possible to obtain information relating to the pipe and/or the fluid, and means (11) of storing the data which said data acquisition means acquire, the self-contained module being arranged to be pushed by the fluid flow after being introduced into the pipe. It also comprises a mechanical link (2) which is connected to the self-contained module and accessible from outside the pipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2012
    Assignee: Soletanche Freyssinet
    Inventors: Jerome Stubler, Bernard Basile, Gilles Hovhanessian
  • Method of building a hybrid tower for a wind generator
    Patent number: 8297025
    Abstract: In the method of building a hybrid tower, a metal mast is erected and connected to a foundation and a concrete structure having a plurality of superimposed concrete segments is built around the metal mast by using the metal mast as a support. Afterwards, the metal mast is disconnected from the foundation and lifted by telescoping and guiding the metal mast along concrete structure. Finally, the lifted metal mast is connected to the concrete structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2012
    Assignee: Soletanche Freyssinet
    Inventors: Alain Huynh Tuong, Benoit Melen
  • METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PROTECTING THE END OF AN ANCHORED CABLE
    Publication number: 20120255272
    Abstract: To protect the end of a cable composed of a set of tendons individually held in an anchorage system, the device comprises a skirt extending from the front of the anchorage system and placed around the set of tendons, and several sleeves. The tendons have respective end portions which extend beyond the front of the anchorage system and which are individually received in the sleeves, said sleeves being sealed off beyond the end portions of the tendons. A connection between the skirt and the sleeves encloses a chamber delimited by the front of the anchorage system, the skirt, and the sleeves, the connection comprising an active stuffing box kind of system. The volume of this chamber is filled in with a filling product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2012
    Publication date: October 11, 2012
    Applicant: Soletanche Freyssinet
    Inventors: Stephane JOYE, Yannick LE GOFF
  • METHOD OF DRAINING A SYSTEM FOR ANCHORING A STRUCTURAL CABLE TO A CONSTRUCTION ELEMENT
    Publication number: 20120247568
    Abstract: Method of draining a system for anchoring a structural cable to a construction element, the anchor system comprising a first chamber delimited by an envelope, the first chamber containing a first part of the structural cable and a first filling material, the method comprising: inserting at least one heating element into the first filling material via an opening in the envelope of the first chamber; heating the first filling material with the aid of the heating element to fluidize some or all of the first filling material; and extracting the fluidized first filling material via an opening in the envelope of the first chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2012
    Publication date: October 4, 2012
    Applicant: Soletanche Freyssinet
    Inventor: Aurélien SYLVESTRE
  • METHOD OF REINFORCING A CONSTRUCTION WORK
    Publication number: 20120177931
    Abstract: Method of reinforcing a construction work comprising the successive steps of: applying a first layer on a surface of the construction work, the first layer comprising a curable polymer that, once it is cured, can be thermally activated for adhering to a thermoplastic material; curing said curable polymer; heating at least a surface of the first layer opposite said surface of the construction work, for thermal activation of the cured polymer; and applying a second layer over said surface of the first layer, the second layer comprising a composite including reinforcement fibres and a thermoplastic matrix, whereby the thermoplastic matrix and the thermally activated cured polymer adhere to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2012
    Publication date: July 12, 2012
    Applicant: SOLETANCHE FREYSSINET
    Inventors: Christian Tourneur, Julien Mercier
  • Method and machine for reinforcing an embedded cylindrical pipe
    Patent number: 8210226
    Abstract: A method of reinforcing an embedded cylinder pipe by applying a composite structural reinforcement within the pipe through in situ stratification of at least one band of reinforcement fibers and a resin or a resin including matrix comprising the steps of applying said band onto a contact area on an internal face of said pipe by means of a contacting member; moving said contacting member along an helical path so that said contact area follows said path; moving a main pressing member behind said contacting member along said path, to apply pressure to said band in a main pressure area separated from said contact area. Related device for reinforcing an embedded cylinder pipe by applying a composite structural reinforcement within the pipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2012
    Assignee: Freyssinét
    Inventors: Ivica Zivanovic, Christian Tourneur, Benoit Lecinq, Baruch Gedalia
  • Calcification method using calcifying bacteria
    Patent number: 8210776
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for improving the strength of a porous or permeable material. The invention particularly relates to a method comprising: contacting at least one type of calcification bacteria with a porous or permeable material; contacting the calcification bacteria with a calcification medium; said method or process further comprising: contact the calcification bacteria with an adhesion agent and the assimilation of the adhesion agent by the calcification bacteria. The invention can be used for reinforcing floors, in particular liquefiable floors, for the stabilization of slopes, for the calcification of non organic or organic substrates, and for the restoration or protection of a frontage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2012
    Assignee: Soletanche Freyssinet
    Inventors: Sabine Darson-Balleur, Olivier Girinsky
  • Unknown
    Publication number: 20120151740
    Abstract: The method comprises the following steps for each of the reinforcing bands: a) anchoring a first zone (2a, 3a, 4a) of the reinforcing band onto the construction work and establishing a free portion of the reinforcing band; b) tensioning the reinforcing band (2, 3, 4) by applying traction to a second zone of the reinforcing band located in the free portion, said traction causing an elongation (d2, d3, d4) of and a reactive force (R2, R3, R4) in the reinforcing band, with the free portion of the reinforcing band being free to slide on the construction work as it elongates; and c) mechanically attaching the reinforcing band to itself and/or to the construction work, so as to absorb the reactive force from the reinforcing band within a region of the construction work which can support the reactive force from the reinforcing band.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2011
    Publication date: June 21, 2012
    Applicant: SOLETANCHE FREYSSINET
    Inventor: Jérôme Stubler