Method for producing a retaining wall

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12448750-B2
Application number	US-202118268248-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 13, 2021
Priority date	Dec 30, 2020
Publication date	Oct 21, 2025
Grant date	Oct 21, 2025

Abstract

A method for fabricating a retaining wall configured to extend into a ground comprising the steps of providing at least a first longitudinal support having a receiving part and extending along a first longitudinal direction; placing the first longitudinal support transversely to the ground; providing at least a first module comprising a longitudinal element and a first wing; positioning the first module parallel to the first longitudinal support; connecting the first module to the first longitudinal support, so that the first wing of the first module is slidably engaged with the receiving part of the first longitudinal support; then moving said first module in translation along the first longitudinal direction, and sinking said first module into the ground and then the first longitudinal support into the ground.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A method for fabricating a retaining wall configured to extend into a ground, the method comprising the following steps:
providing at least a first longitudinal support extending along a first longitudinal direction, the first longitudinal support having a receiving part extending along the first longitudinal direction;
placing the first longitudinal support transversely to the ground, so that the first longitudinal support comprises at least a first portion extending out of the ground;
providing at least a first module comprising a longitudinal element extending along a second longitudinal direction and at least a first wing protruding from a first lateral edge of said longitudinal element, the longitudinal element comprising a pile, the first wing extending along the second longitudinal direction of the longitudinal element;
positioning the first module parallel to the first longitudinal support;
connecting the first module to the first portion of the first longitudinal support, so that the first wing of the first module is slidably engaged along the first longitudinal direction with the receiving part of the first longitudinal support; then
moving said first module in translation parallel to the first longitudinal support along the first longitudinal direction, and sinking said first module into the ground; then
sinking the first portion of the first longitudinal support into the ground so as to form the retaining wall in the ground.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the longitudinal element of the first module comprises a first assembly part extending along the first lateral edge of said longitudinal element, wherein the first wing of the first module comprises a second assembly part configured to cooperate with the first assembly part, the method comprising a prior step of assembling off ground said longitudinal element with said first wing, so that the first assembly part cooperates with the second assembly part.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the first longitudinal support comprises a pile, a section or a metal box.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein said first wing of said first module comprises a sheet pile.

5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the first longitudinal support comprises a housing, and wherein, before or after having placed the first longitudinal support transversely to the ground (S), a mast is installed in the ground so that an anchoring portion of the mast extends into the ground, the mast further comprising a supporting portion configured to be disposed in said housing of the first longitudinal support.

6. The method according to claim 5 , wherein, during the step of setting up the first longitudinal support transversely to the ground, said first longitudinal support is laid on the ground, so that it extends out of the ground and so that the supporting portion of the mast extends in said housing of the first longitudinal support, and wherein, during the step of positioning of the first module parallel to the first longitudinal support, said first module is laid on the ground, so that it extends out of the ground.

7. The method according to claim 1 , wherein, during the step of setting up the first longitudinal support transversely to the ground, said first longitudinal support is installed in the ground, so that a second portion of the first longitudinal support extends into the ground.

8. The method according to claim 7 , wherein, during the step of positioning the first module parallel to the first longitudinal support, the sinking of the longitudinal element of said first module into the ground is initiated.

9. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the receiving part of the first longitudinal support comprises a first latch portion extending along the first longitudinal direction and wherein said first wing of said first module comprises a second latch portion extending along the second longitudinal direction and being configured to cooperate with the first latch portion in order to engage the first wing of the first module in a sliding manner with said receiving part of the first longitudinal support.

10. The method according to claim 1 , wherein said first module further comprises at least a second wing protruding from a second lateral edge of said longitudinal element, opposite to the first lateral edge, the second wing extending along the second longitudinal direction of the longitudinal element of the first module, so that said first and second wings of said first module extend on either side of said longitudinal element.

11. The method according to claim 10 , wherein, before moving said first module in translation parallel to the first longitudinal support, the steps are carried out according to which:
at least a second longitudinal support extending along a third longitudinal direction is provided, the second longitudinal support having a first receiving part extending along the third longitudinal direction;
the second longitudinal support is placed transversely to the ground, parallel to the first module, so that the second longitudinal support comprises at least a first portion extending out of the ground;
the first module is connected to the first portion of the second longitudinal support, so that the second wing of the first module is slidably engaged along the third longitudinal direction with the first receiving part of the second longitudinal support.

12. The method according to claim 11 , wherein the first longitudinal support comprises a housing, wherein, before or after having placed the first longitudinal support transversely to the ground (S), a mast is installed in the ground so that an anchoring portion of the mast extends into the ground, the mast further comprising a supporting portion configured to be disposed in said housing of the first longitude support, wherein, during the step of setting up the first longitudinal support transversely to the ground, said first longitudinal support is laid on the ground, so that it extends out of the ground and so that the supporting portion of the mast extends in said housing of the first longitudinal support, wherein, during the step of positioning of the first module parallel to the first longitudinal support, said first module is laid on the ground, so that it extends out of the ground, and wherein, after having connected the first module to the first portion of the second longitudinal support, the sinking of the longitudinal element of said first module into the ground is initiated, then the sinking of said second longitudinal support into the ground is initiated.

13. The method according to claim 12 , wherein said second longitudinal support is sunk into the ground after having sunk all the modules into the ground.

14. The method according to claim 11 , wherein the second longitudinal support comprises a second receiving part extending along the third longitudinal direction and wherein:
at least a second module is provided comprising a longitudinal element extending along a fourth longitudinal direction and at least a first wing protruding from a first lateral edge of said longitudinal element, the first wing extending along the fourth longitudinal direction of the longitudinal element of the second module;
the second module is positioned parallel to the second longitudinal support;
the second module is connected to the first portion of the second longitudinal support, so that the first wing of the second module is slidably engaged along the third longitudinal direction with the second receiving part of the second longitudinal support;
said second module is moved in t

Assignees

• Soletanche Freyssinet

Inventors

• Uribe Juan Fernando
• Rocha Robert
• Alba Juan Carlos
• Amaya César

Classifications

• E02D29/0266 Primary

  made up of preformed elements · CPC title

• E02D5/08

  Locking forms; Edge joints; Pile crossings; Branch pieces · CPC title

• E02D13/04

  Guide devices; Guide frames {(as parts of the driver scaffold E02D7/16)} · CPC title

• E02B3/066

  Quays (bulkheads E02D5/00; caissons E02D23/00; retaining walls E02D29/00) · CPC title

• E02D17/207 Primary

  with means incorporating sheet piles or piles · CPC title