Patent ID: 8066453

Claim:
A connection element of a constant cross-section for sheet pile wall components, such as sheet piles that have one of either a head strip without a claw strip or a claw strip without a head strip along their lateral edges to facilitate their interconnection, with said connection element having a claw profile, for engaging a head strip of a sheet pile wall component, which exhibits a neck strip and a head strip; wherein the claw profile exhibits a claw-shaped lock formed by two hook strips, as well as having an attachment profile, for engaging in the claw-shaped lock strip of a sheet pile wall component, which exhibits a straight neck strip and a head strip, with a larger cross-section than the neck strip, provided at its free end; and wherein one additional head strip is formed at the free end section of at least one of the two hook strips of the claw profile for engaging the claw strip of a sheet pile wall component, whereby either the head strip or the claw strip of a sheet pile wall component may be engaged with the claw profile of the connection element.