Patent ID: 8262322

Claim:
A pile adapted to be driven into the ground, said pile having retaining means to retain one or more geothermal conduit loops, each conduit loop being formed by opposed longitudinal conduit sections interconnected at a lower end by an interconnecting section, said conduit loops being adapted for the flow of a heat exchange fluid therein, said retaining means retaining said one or more conduit loops in close proximity with said pile as said pile is driven into the ground, said pile being a casted pile constructed of a solid material, said retaining means being comprised by at least two straight spaced-apart channels formed in an outer surface of said solid material and configured to receive therein a respective one of said opposed longitudinal conduit sections of one of said conduit loops, said channels being of curved concave transverse cross-section to receive therein one of said conduit sections in close contact therewith, said conduit sections having a circular cross-section.