US 12,421,682 B2
Method and system of underground deployment of materials and equipment
James Helliwell, Basingstoke (GB); Alan Meeks, Basingstoke (GB); and Steve Jordan, Basingstoke (GB)
Assigned to HyperTunnel IP Limited, Basingstoke (GB)
Filed by hyperTunnel IP Limited, Basingstoke (GB)
Filed on Mar. 8, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/119,051.
Application 18/119,051 is a continuation of application No. PCT/IB2021/058250, filed on Sep. 10, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 2014837 (GB), filed on Sep. 21, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0220646 A1, Jul. 13, 2023
Int. Cl. E02F 3/06 (2006.01); E02D 3/12 (2006.01); E02D 5/46 (2006.01); E02D 37/00 (2006.01); E21D 9/00 (2006.01)
CPC E02D 3/12 (2013.01) [E02D 5/46 (2013.01); E02D 37/00 (2013.01); E21D 9/001 (2013.01)] 2 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of underground deployment, the method comprising the steps of:
drilling an underground bore through underlying geology;
lining the bore with a pipe;
passing equipment down the bore to a predetermined location;
using the equipment to make a hole at most only partially through the pipe at the predetermined location;
passing deployment equipment down the pipe to the predetermined location;
extending a probe through the hole, the probe configured to punch through the remaining pipe at the predetermined location; and
deploying material and/or equipment through the hole in the pipe into the underlying geology.