Patents by Inventor Phillipus VAN DER MERWE

Phillipus VAN DER MERWE 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 of supporting a rock wall
    Patent number: 9982537
    Abstract: A rock bolt includes an elongate metallic body having a first end and an opposed second end, a threaded portion at the second end, for attaching thereto and locating thereon, a nut and a bearing plate, a mechanical anchor at, or at least partially located on, a first end portion of the body and a first resistive anchor, located between the threaded portion and the mechanical anchor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignee: NCM INNOVATIONS (PTY) LTD
    Inventors: Martin Cawood, Paolo Ettore Pastorino, Phillipus Van Der Merwe, Samuel Du Plessis
  • METHOD OF SUPPORTING A ROCK WALL
    Publication number: 20170342836
    Abstract: A rock bolt includes an elongate metallic body having a first end and an opposed second end, a threaded portion at the second end, for attaching thereto and locating thereon, a nut and a bearing plate, a mechanical anchor at, or at least partially located on, a first end portion of the body and a first resistive anchor, located between the threaded portion and the mechanical anchor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2017
    Publication date: November 30, 2017
    Inventors: Martin CAWOOD, Paolo Ettore PASTORINO, Phillipus VAN DER MERWE, Samuel DU PLESSIS
  • MULTIPLE-POINT ANCHORED ROCK BOLT
    Publication number: 20160177718
    Abstract: A rock bolt includes an elongate metallic body having a first end and an opposed second end, a threaded portion at the second end, for attaching thereto and locating thereon, a nut and a bearing plate, a mechanical anchor at, or at least partially located on, a first end portion of the body and a first resistive anchor, located between the threaded portion and the mechanical anchor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2014
    Publication date: June 23, 2016
    Inventors: Martin CAWOOD, Paolo Ettore PASTORINO, Phillipus VAN DER MERWE, Samuel DU PLESSIS