US Patent Issued to CMI on June 17 for "Modular driving head mandrel systems and methods for sheet piling installation" (Georgia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,331,478, issued on June 17, was assigned to CMI Ltd. Co. (Marietta, Ga.).

"Modular driving head mandrel systems and methods for sheet piling installation" was invented by Keith Panik (Ball Ground, Ga.), Steve Hargrave (Roswell, Ga.) and Mike Smith (Talking Rock, Ga.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A modular driving head coupling device includes a first component configured for attachment to a driving equipment apparatus such as a vibratory hammer, and a second component configured for attachment to an installation equipment apparatus such as a sheet piling installation mandrel, including detachable coupling elements for detachable couplin...