US Patent Issued on May 26 for "Helical pile device" (Maryland Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,637,823, issued on May 26.

"Helical pile device" was invented by Raja S. El-Awar (Cockeysville, Md.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A helical pile device may include an elongated shaft having an exterior surface, an upper end, and a lower end. A flight blade having a helix shape may be coupled to the exterior surface of the elongated shaft proximate to the lower end, and the flight blade may have a leading edge and a trailing edge. Preferably, the flight blade may have an outer edge, and the outer edge may be between 85% to 115% of one complete helix turn. A tooth coupler may be coupled to the leading edge of the flight blade, and the toot...