MUMBAI, India, Nov. 2 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202617094717 A) filed by Nextpower LLC on August 05, 2026, for Foundation Members For Reactive Soils And Methods And Machines For Installing Same.
Inventors include Kraft, Steven; Almy, Charles; and Capsuto, Ian.
The application for the patent was published on October 30, 2026, under issue no. 44/2026.
Abstract: A method of embedding a threaded foundation component in ground with a layer of reactive soil with a combined drilling and driving machine includes: with an automated controller executing a control program, controlling the machine to begin an automated embedment operation to drive a threaded foundation component into a reactive soil; with the automated controller, controlling the machine to decouple a feed rate of the component from a rotary speed rate of the component to cause sheering of the soil around the foundation component by threads of the foundation component; and with the automated controller, controlling the machine to recouple the feed rate of the component to rotary speed rate of the component to reduce sheering of the soil around the foundation component by the threads of the foundation component until a target embedment depth for the foundation component is reached.
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