ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,703,955, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to Georgia Tech Research Corp. (Atlanta).
"Bio-inspired engineered transition zone (BID-ETTZ) energy piles" was invented by J. David Frost (Atlanta), Fikret Atalay (Atlanta), Michael Helms (Atlanta) and Marc Weissburg (Atlanta).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An exemplary system and method for enhanced structural and thermal structure having an engineered thermal transition zone that integrates with an energy pile section having foundation pile for retaining engineered material or soil and thermal cooling loop that circulate through the material. An apparatus includes an outer surface extending betw...