Patents by Inventor Josephus Antonius Wilhelmus Hockx

Josephus Antonius Wilhelmus Hockx 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).

  • Method for Improving an Inwards Stability of a Levee
    Publication number: 20170016200
    Abstract: A method for improving an inwards stability of an existing levee including a landslide slope (128) and at least one of a landside berm (132), a landside heel, and a landside trench. The method comprises placing columns (160) through the landside berm into one or more soft soil layers (40) with corresponding soil volumetric weights (?s), wherein the columns have a column volumetric weight (?c) that is at least 10% larger than the soil volumetric weights, and wherein the columns comprise a mineral aggregate and an impermeable filler.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2016
    Publication date: January 19, 2017
    Inventors: Adrianus Gerardus Gregorius van Haastert, Richard Jacob Looij, Josephus Antonius Wilhelmus Hockx