Patents in subclass Bridges/Pier

Parent class: Bridges

Number Patent title Issue Date
07241078 Modular pier system

A modular pier includes a plurality of modular pier sections. The plurality of modular pier sections includes at least a first pier section and a second pier section wherein the pier sections include a frame having a first end and a...
07/10/2007
07191528 Column placement template

A template system and column placement method which facilitates the placement of a column resulting in enhanced placement efficiencies for large scale column construction projects. In a preferred aspect of the present invention, a...
03/20/2007
07055251 Column placement template

A template system and column placement method which facilitates the placement of a column resulting in enhanced placement efficiencies for large scale column construction projects. In a preferred aspect of the present invention, a...
06/06/2006
07013520 Method for positioning a pile cap underneath an existing elevated bridge assembly

A system and method for inserting pre-cast concrete pile caps under wooden railroad bridges without removing essential load bearing rails, cross-ties, and stringers is disclosed. The system and method minimizes the time that the track is...
03/21/2006
06986319 Tethered sectional pier system

A pier system having tethered deck sections that are selectively separable from supporting pile bents to prevent damage to the pier system during storm events. The pier system includes a plurality of deck sections supported above water by...
01/17/2006
06895623 Pier system and method of construction

A a pier system having at least one shelf beam which has a side panel and a shelf member, the shelf member supporting a decking unit, and a method for constructing the pier system. The decking unit may also be supported by connecting...
05/24/2005
06742211 Bridge construction

This application discloses a novel bridge construction for use in affording vehicle and pedestrian traffic over small streams and wetlands. The construction utilizes standardized sizes of pier blocks for supporting standardized deck...
06/01/2004
06722088 Elevated bridge infrastructure and design method for designing the same

In order to design an infrastructure of an elevated bridge, first a target ductility factor .mu.d and target natural period T.sub.d for the infrastructure are set in connection with an assumed earthquake motion. Subsequently, a yield...
04/20/2004
06701564 System and method for positioning a pile cap underneath an existing elevated bridge assembly

A system and method for inserting pre-cast concrete pile caps under wooden railroad bridges without removing essential load bearing rails, cross-ties, and stringers is disclosed. The system and method minimizes the time that the track is...
03/09/2004
06663322 Pier system

A pier system has a plurality of footers each formed with a base fabricated of concrete with a top face having a downwardly extending bore. A plurality of pilings are each formed with a hollow tubular shaft with a top region and a bottom...
12/16/2003
06449791 Prefabricated pier system

A prefabricated pier system provides prefabricated foundation and cap components for assembly with a series of steel H section columns to facilitate construction of bridges, overpasses, and similar structures. Each foundation component...
09/17/2002
6161359 Shoring

The shoring includes a pair of fixed frames opposed to each other and a pair of collapsible reinforcing frames disposed between both ends of the fixed frames, the reinforcing frames each having collapsible baluster struts whose base ends...
12/19/2000
6120208 Prefabrication type high level road structure and construction method thereof

An improved prefabricated elevated highway structure and a construction method thereof by which an elevated highway can be more easily and rapidly constructed without causing traffic congestion at a construction site, which highway...
09/19/2000
5978998 Prefabricated highway with end supports

An end support for a prefabricated highway section of a prefabricated highway system. The end support includes a first elongated support member for transverse engagement of a longitudinal end of the prefabricated highway section, the...
11/09/1999
5940917 Adjustable metal haunch form for bridge building

The subject matter relates to adjustable metal haunches for use in bridge building which haunches are poured at grade level atop the stem wall at the same time as the stem wall is poured.
08/24/1999
5920937 Covering apparatus for concrete bridge beams and pillars

A system for covering and protecting the supporting structure of a bridge. The system is generally comprised of first plates positioned in covering relation over the top surface of the support pillars and second plates positioned in...
07/13/1999
5870789 Precast bridges

Bearing shoes that run under the abutment's axis with cradles whose precast walls are placed over the bearing shoe assembly, so that when the concrete is poured over these bearing shoes, an integral unit of the bearing shoe integrated...
02/16/1999
5863148 Prefabricated highway with end supports

A prefabricated highway with end supports. The end supports include a first elongated support member for transverse engagement of a longitudinal end of the prefabricated highway section and a second elongated support member parallel to...
01/26/1999
5771518 Precast concrete bridge structure and associated rapid assembly methods

A pier and beam bridge structure is formed essentially entirely from steel reinforced, precast concrete elements including elongated, hollow tubular pier members, pier collars, pier base and cap beams, deck beams, deck slabs and side...
06/30/1998
5771518 Precast concrete bridge structure and associated rapid assembly methods

A pier and beam bridge structure is formed essentially entirely from steel reinforced, precast concrete elements including elongated, hollow tubular pier members, pier collars, pier base and cap beams, deck beams, deck slabs and side...
06/30/1998
5765248 Shore

Disclosed is a shore which has a durability with respect to loads not only in a longitudinal direction and a lateral direction but also in a lengthwise direction, and which can be automatically folded without requiring extra work. The...
06/16/1998
5765248 Shore

Disclosed is a shore which has a durability with respect to loads not only in a longitudinal direction and a lateral direction but also in a lengthwise direction, and which can be automatically folded without requiring extra work. The...
06/16/1998
5673449 Flow compensation device for bridge pillars

There is disclosed a bridge or like pillar (1) erected in a moving body of water in which the water may periodically flow in strata in one as well as the other of two opposite main flow directions. The pillar is provided with a flow...
10/07/1997