Patents by Inventor Diana RENNKAMP

Diana RENNKAMP has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 10443761
    Abstract: Methods and devices for a boring and laying device for the trenchless laying of a pipeline, including a boring head, wherein the boring head includes a connection for a pilot bore linkage, wherein a pilot bore is produced from a starting point to a destination point along a predetermined boring line, a pump for suctioning and conveying away the drillings, a conveying portion behind the boring head in which at least one suction element for receiving and conveying away drillings, and a connecting portion including a connection for the pipeline. The pilot borehole is expanded, and simultaneously the pipeline is laid by pulling the pilot bore linkage out of the borehole on one side and/or by pushing the pipeline into the borehole, wherein drillings are hydraulically received behind the boring head of the boring and laying device and conveyed away out of the borehole with a pump.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: Herrenknecht AG
    Inventors: Michael Lubberger, Diana Rennkamp
  • Publication number: 20170045156
    Abstract: The invention relates to a boring and laying device for the trenchless laying of a pipeline, with a boring head for loosening the rock, wherein the boring head has a connection for a pilot bore linkage, with a pump for suctioning and conveying away the drillings loosened by the boring head, with a conveying portion behind the boring head in which at least one suction element for receiving and conveying away the loosened rock is provided, and with a connecting portion which has a connection for the pipeline, and to a boring and laying method for the trenchless laying of a pipeline, in which a pilot bore is produced from a starting point to a destination point along a predetermined boring line, wherein the pilot bore is obtained by advancing a pilot boring head with a pilot bore linkage, and in which, after reaching the destination point, a boring and laying head is connected to one end of the pilot bore linkage, which head is connected to the pipeline and via which the borehole is expanded, and simultaneously
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2014
    Publication date: February 16, 2017
    Inventors: Michael Lubberger, Diana RENNKAMP