IP Library Granted Patent US 9,556,576
Granted Patent B2
US 9,556,576 · App. 14/175,477 · Granted Jan 31, 2017

Corrugated stormwater chamber having sub-corrugations

Inventors: David J. Mailhot (Coventry, CT); Nimish Gandhi (Wethersfield, CT); Timothy J. McGrath (Arlington, MA)
Assignee: StormTech LLC
E02B11/005E03F1/003
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Patent No.
US 9,556,576
App. No.
14/175,477
Granted
Jan 31, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

A chamber is disclosed. The chamber may include a base, a plurality of alternating crest corrugations and valley corrugations running transverse to a length of the chamber, wherein the crest corrugations decrease in width with elevation from the base, and the valley corrugations increase in width with elevation from the base, at least one crest sub-corrugation running along at least a portion of a crest corrugation, at least one valley sub-corrugation running along at least a portion of a valley corrugation an end crest corrugation positioned at a terminal end of the chamber, and an end crest sub-corrugation running along at least a portion of the end crest corrugation.

Claims (30)

1. A chamber, comprising:

a base;

a plurality of alternating crest corrugations and valley corrugations running transverse to a length of the chamber, wherein the crest corrugations decrease in width with elevation from the base, and the valley corrugations increase in width with elevation from the base;

at least one crest sub-corrugation running along at least a portion of a crest corrugation;

at least one valley sub-corrugation running along at least a portion of a valley corrugation;

an end crest corrugation positioned at a terminal end of the chamber; and

an end crest sub-corrugation running along at least a portion of the end crest corrugation, wherein the end crest sub-corrugation includes a substantially constant width.

2. The chamber of claim 1 , wherein the end crest corrugation includes a substantially constant width.

3. The chamber of claim 1 , wherein the end crest corrugation includes a tapering width.

4. The chamber of claim 1 , wherein the end crest corrugation includes a height less than a height of the crest corrugations.

5. The chamber of claim 1 , wherein the end crest sub-corrugation is positioned along a top portion of the end crest corrugation.

6. The chamber of claim 1 , wherein the end crest sub-corrugation includes terminal ends positioned above the base.

7. The chamber of claim 1 , wherein the end crest sub-corrugation includes terminal ends positioned at the base.

8. The chamber of claim 1 , wherein the end crest sub-corrugation includes a tapering height.

9. The chamber of claim 1 , wherein the end crest sub-corrugation includes a substantially constant height.

10. The chamber of claim 1 , wherein the at least one valley sub corrugation includes a tapering height towards the base.

11. The chamber of claim 1 , wherein the at least one valley sub corrugation includes a substantially constant width.

12. The chamber of claim 1 , wherein the end crest corrugation includes terminal ends positioned at the base, and the end crest sub-corrugation includes terminal ends positioned above the terminal ends of the end crest corrugation.

13. A chamber system, comprising:

a chamber including:

a base;

a plurality of alternating crest corrugations and valley corrugations running transverse to a length of the chamber, wherein the crest corrugations decrease in width with elevation from the base, and the valley corrugations increase in width with elevation from the base;

at least one crest sub-corrugation running along at least a portion of a crest corrugation;

at least one valley sub-corrugation running along at least a portion of a valley corrugation;

an end crest corrugation positioned at a terminal end of the chamber; and

an end crest sub-corrugation running along at least a portion of the end crest corrugation, wherein the end crest sub-corrugation includes a substantially constant width; and

an end cap coupled to the chamber, the end cap including a flange configured to overlap the end crest corrugation of the chamber.

14. The chamber system of claim 13 , wherein the flange of the end cap includes a recess having a protrusion configured to engage the end crest sub-corrugation.

15. The chamber system of claim 14 , wherein the protrusion is shaped to follow contours of the end crest corrugation and the end crest sub-corrugation.

16. The chamber system of claim 14 , wherein the protrusion is configured to abut against the end crest sub-corrugation to couple together the chamber and the end cap.

Assignments (2)
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Dec 13, 2019
From: STORMTECH LLC
To: BARCLAYS BANK PLC, AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
Reel/Frame 051282/0496 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 28, 2015
From: MAILHOT, DAVID J.; GANDHI, NIMISH; MCGRATH, TIMOTHY J.
To: STORMTECH LLC
Reel/Frame 036903/0322 →
Continuity (4)
Continuation 12802483 · Jun 7, 2010
Provisional Application 61217905 · Jun 5, 2009
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