Patents by Inventor Holger Frank
Holger Frank 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).
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Publication number: 20230133140Abstract: A gas measuring apparatus including at least one measuring channel including at least one sensor unit; and a core body including a first part and a second part, wherein the first part is joined at the second part at a flat or planar interface, and wherein the at least one measuring channel is configured in the fiat or planar interface.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 7, 2022Publication date: May 4, 2023Inventor: Holger Frank
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Patent number: 11221258Abstract: A measuring device for ascertaining the temperature of a roller surface of a roller body is insertable into a recess of the roller body and includes at least first and second temperature sensors, a mounting rod on which the sensors are situated in the axial direction of the mounting rod spaced apart from each another, and, on each side of each respective one of the temperature sensor in the axial direction a respective supporting element arranged on the mounting rod. Between the supporting elements, the mounting rod is flexible such that each of the temperature sensors is able to be pressed onto an inner wall of the recess with a defined contact force.Type: GrantFiled: August 10, 2017Date of Patent: January 11, 2022Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Ahmed Garamoun, Hannes Rose, Holger Frank, Peter Kunert, Ronny Ludwig
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Publication number: 20210302241Abstract: A measuring device for ascertaining the temperature of a roller surface of a roller body is insertable into a recess of the roller body and includes at least first and second temperature sensors, a mounting rod on which the sensors are situated in the axial direction of the mounting rod spaced apart from each another, and, on each side of each respective one of the temperature sensor in the axial direction a respective supporting element arranged on the mounting rod. Between the supporting elements, the mounting rod is flexible such that each of the temperature sensors is able to be pressed onto an inner wall of the recess with a defined contact force.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 10, 2017Publication date: September 30, 2021Inventors: Ahmed Garamoun, Hannes Rose, Holger Frank, Peter Kunert, Ronny Ludwig
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Patent number: 10690642Abstract: A method for generating a log of a value of a property of a fluid in an earth formation versus depth includes: obtaining a plurality of samples of drilling fluid that are entrained with a formation gas and correlating each sample to a depth in a borehole from which the formation gas was entrained in the drilling fluid; extracting the formation gas from each sample to provide a plurality of gas samples; analyzing each formation gas sample to provide a chemical composition of each formation gas sample in the plurality of formation gas samples; and determining a property value of the fluid in the earth formation versus depth using the chemical composition of each formation gas sample in the plurality of formation gas samples to provide the log.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2016Date of Patent: June 23, 2020Assignee: BAKER HUGHES, A GE COMPANY, LLCInventors: Nicklas Ritzmann, Oliver Mohnke, Holger Frank Thern
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Patent number: 10429536Abstract: A method for processing nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) measurement data includes receiving, with a processor, NMR measurement data obtained from an NMR tool, the NMR measurement data having an echo train affected by a motion artifact, wherein the motion artifact is related to a magnetic field magnitude that varies in a volume of interest due to a motion of the NMR tool. The method further includes reducing, with the processor, an effect on the NMR measurement data of the motion artifact by using a correcting inversion method that models the motion artifact to provide a corrected transverse relaxation time constant (T2) distribution, the correcting inversion method having a multiplicative term having a term that includes at least one local maximum and an optional decay term.Type: GrantFiled: April 4, 2016Date of Patent: October 1, 2019Assignee: BAKER HUGHES, A GE COMPANY, LLCInventors: Tobias Kischkat, Radu Coman, Holger Frank Thern
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Patent number: 10061053Abstract: A method for estimating a property of a subsurface material includes conveying a carrier through a borehole penetrating the subsurface material and performing an NMR measurement in a volume of interest in the subsurface material using an NMR tool having an antenna disposed at the carrier. The method further includes receiving with the antenna a short build-up signal due to a short magnetization build-up time of the NMR measurement, an echo-train signal with short polarization time due to the NMR measurement, and an echo-train signal with long polarization time due to the NMR measurement. The method further includes inverting, simultaneously, the short build-up signal, the short-polarization-time echo-train signal, and the long-polarization-time echo-train signal using a processor to estimate the property; and transmitting a signal comprising the property to a signal receiving device.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 2015Date of Patent: August 28, 2018Assignee: BAKER HUGHES, A GE COMPANY, LLCInventors: Martin Blanz, Holger Frank Thern, Holger Tietjen, Mouin Hamdan, Radu Coman
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Publication number: 20180088096Abstract: A method for generating a log of a value of a property of a fluid in an earth formation versus depth includes: obtaining a plurality of samples of drilling fluid that are entrained with a formation gas and correlating each sample to a depth in a borehole from which the formation gas was entrained in the drilling fluid; extracting the formation gas from each sample to provide a plurality of gas samples; analyzing each formation gas sample to provide a chemical composition of each formation gas sample in the plurality of formation gas samples; and determining a property value of the fluid in the earth formation versus depth using the chemical composition of each formation gas sample in the plurality of formation gas samples to provide the log.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 27, 2016Publication date: March 29, 2018Applicant: Baker Hughes IncorporatedInventors: Nicklas Ritzmann, Oliver Mohnke, Holger Frank Thern
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Publication number: 20170285214Abstract: A method for processing nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) measurement data includes receiving, with a processor, NMR measurement data obtained from an NMR tool, the NMR measurement data having an echo train affected by a motion artifact, wherein the motion artifact is related to a magnetic field magnitude that varies in a volume of interest due to a motion of the NMR tool. The method further includes reducing, with the processor, an effect on the NMR measurement data of the motion artifact by using a correcting inversion method that models the motion artifact to provide a corrected transverse relaxation time constant (T2) distribution, the correcting inversion method having a multiplicative term having a term that includes at least one local maximum and an optional decay term.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 4, 2016Publication date: October 5, 2017Applicant: Baker Hughes IncorporatedInventors: Tobias Kischkat, Radu Coman, Holger Frank Thern
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Patent number: 9671483Abstract: A method for processing nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) measurement data includes: receiving, with a processor, NMR measurement data obtained from an NMR tool, the NMR measurement data being affected by a motion artifact and having a first echo train obtained with a long polarization time TWET and a second echo train obtained with a short polarization time TWTL that is shorter than TWET; and at least one of (i) reducing, with a processor, an effect on the NMR measurement data of the motion artifact using the first echo train and the second echo train and (ii) identifying, with a processor, the motion artifact using the first echo train and the second echo train; wherein the motion artifact is related to a magnetic field magnitude that varies in a volume of interest due to a motion of the NMR tool.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2014Date of Patent: June 6, 2017Assignee: BAKER HUGHES INCORPORATEDInventors: Martin Blanz, Holger Frank Thern, Radu Coman
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Publication number: 20170023386Abstract: A probe holder having an access element which can be fitted to an opening in a wall of a pipe is provided. The access element has at least a portion of a continuous access opening, which is constructed for inserting a rod-like measuring instrument into the opening, and having a retention element which is constructed to secure the probe holder to the wall of the pipe. An arresting element is arranged to be movable relative to the access element in an insertion direction of the access opening between a first position and a second position, wherein the arresting element cooperates with the retention element in such a manner that in the first position a state which fixes the securing is defined and in the second position a state which releases the securing is defined.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 11, 2016Publication date: January 26, 2017Applicant: Testo AGInventors: Jorg Binder, Holger Frank
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Publication number: 20160320519Abstract: A method for estimating a property of a subsurface material includes conveying a carrier through a borehole penetrating the subsurface material and performing an NMR measurement in a volume of interest in the subsurface material using an NMR tool having an antenna disposed at the carrier. The method further includes receiving with the antenna a short build-up signal due to a short magnetization build-up time of the NMR measurement, an echo-train signal with short polarization time due to the NMR measurement, and an echo-train signal with long polarization time due to the NMR measurement. The method further includes inverting, simultaneously, the short build-up signal, the short-polarization-time echo-train signal, and the long-polarization-time echo-train signal using a processor to estimate the property; and transmitting a signal comprising the property to a signal receiving device.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 30, 2015Publication date: November 3, 2016Applicant: BAKER HUGHES INCORPORATEDInventors: Martin Blanz, Holger Frank Thern, Holger Tietjen, Mouin Hamdan, Radu Coman
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Patent number: 9404413Abstract: The invention relates to an internal combustion machine (10), comprising a combustion engine (1) having an exhaust gas side (AGS) and a charging fluid side (LLS), and having a supercharger system (14) comprising an exhaust gas turbo charger (40) for charging the combustion engine (1), having a condenser array (41) on the charging fluid side (LLS) and a turbine arrangement (42) on the exhaust gas side (AGS), a compressor (3), the primary side (I) of which is connected to the charging fluid side (LLS), and the secondary side (II) of which is connected to the exhaust gas side (AGS). An electric machine (4) configured as a motor/generator is coupled to the combustion engine (1), wherein the electric machine (4) as a generator can be powered by the combustion engine (1), or can power the combustion engine (1) as a motor, wherein the compressor (3) can be powered directly by the electric machine (4) via a mechanical drive coupling (13).Type: GrantFiled: July 10, 2012Date of Patent: August 2, 2016Assignee: MTU FRIEDRICHSHAFEN GMBHInventors: Claus-Oliver Schmalzing, Holger Frank, Philippe Gorse, Peter Riegger
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Publication number: 20150241541Abstract: A method for processing nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) measurement data includes: receiving, with a processor, NMR measurement data obtained from an NMR tool, the NMR measurement data being affected by a motion artifact and having a first echo train obtained with a long polarization time TWET and a second echo train obtained with a short polarization time TWTL that is shorter than TWET; and at least one of (i) reducing, with a processor, an effect on the NMR measurement data of the motion artifact using the first echo train and the second echo train and (ii) identifying, with a processor, the motion artifact using the first echo train and the second echo train; wherein the motion artifact is related to a magnetic field magnitude that varies in a volume of interest due to a motion of the NMR tool.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 26, 2014Publication date: August 27, 2015Applicant: BAKER HUGHES INCORPORATEDInventors: Martin Blanz, Holger Frank Thern, Radu Coman
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Patent number: 9024633Abstract: Method and apparatus for estimating a parameter of interest of an earth formation using a model based on NMR data, imaging data, and NMR tool response characteristics. The method may include constructing a model of the earth formation. The method may also include constructing a predictive model for estimating the parameter of interest. The apparatus may include an NMR tool and at least one processor configured to estimate the parameter of interest. The apparatus may also include an imaging tool configured to acquire the imaging data.Type: GrantFiled: February 6, 2012Date of Patent: May 5, 2015Assignee: Baker Hughes IncorporatedInventors: Thomas Kruspe, Holger Frank Thern, Gerhard Kurz
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Publication number: 20140230435Abstract: The invention relates to an internal combustion machine (10), comprising a combustion engine (1) having an exhaust gas side (AGS) and a charging fluid side (LLS), and having a supercharger system (14) comprising an exhaust gas turbo charger (40) for charging the combustion engine (1), having a condenser array (41) on the charging fluid side (LLS) and a turbine arrangement (42) on the exhaust gas side (AGS), a compressor (3), the primary side (I) of which is connected to the charging fluid side (LLS), and the secondary side (II) of which is connected to the exhaust gas side (AGS). An electric machine (4) configured as a motor/generator is coupled to the combustion engine (1), wherein the electric machine (4) as a generator can be powered by the combustion engine (1), or can power the combustion engine (1) as a motor, wherein the compressor (3) can be powered directly by the electric machine (4) via a mechanical drive coupling (13).Type: ApplicationFiled: July 10, 2012Publication date: August 21, 2014Applicant: MTU Friedrichshafen GmbHInventors: Claus-Oliver Schmalzing, Holger Frank, Philippe Gorse, Peter Riegger
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Patent number: 8714280Abstract: A power tool includes a body and a housing surrounding at least a portion of the body. The power tool also includes a first isolator positioned between the body and the housing and in contact with the body and the housing. The power tool also includes a first fastener connected to the housing to position the first isolator with respect to the housing.Type: GrantFiled: February 5, 2008Date of Patent: May 6, 2014Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Jaime Moreno, Harald Krondorfer, Holger Frank
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Patent number: 8688352Abstract: A method for automatically controlling an internal combustion engine, in which an axial displacement (s(t)) and an angle of rotation (w(t)) of a gas-exchange valve are measured during a valve stroke. A displacement deviation is computed from the displacement (s(t)) relative to a reference valve, and an angle of rotation deviation is computed from an initial value and an end value of the angle or rotation. The further operation of the internal combustion engine is set on the basis of the displacement deviation and the angle of rotation deviation.Type: GrantFiled: August 4, 2010Date of Patent: April 1, 2014Assignee: MTU Friedrichshafen GmbHInventors: Marc Hehle, Holger Frank, Michael Willmann
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Patent number: 8672050Abstract: The invention relates to a hand-held machine tool, particularly to a drill hammer and/or chisel hammer, having a hand-held machine tool housing and a transmission chamber with at least one transmission element arranged inside the hand-held machine tool housing. According to the invention, the hand-held machine tool includes a pressure equalization unit, provided for equalizing pressure in the transmission housing and serving at least partially for supporting the transmission element.Type: GrantFiled: September 3, 2008Date of Patent: March 18, 2014Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Otto Baumann, Christian Wiedemann, Hardy Schmid, Holger Frank, Frank Mueller, Roger Hahn
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Publication number: 20130200891Abstract: Method and apparatus for estimating a parameter of interest of an earth formation using a model based on NMR data, imaging data, and NMR tool response characteristics. The method may include constructing a model of the earth formation. The method may also include constructing a predictive model for estimating the parameter of interest. The apparatus may include an NMR tool and at least one processor configured to estimate the parameter of interest. The apparatus may also include an imaging tool configured to acquire the imaging data.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 6, 2012Publication date: August 8, 2013Applicant: BAKER HUGHES INCORPORATEDInventors: Thomas Kruspe, Holger Frank Thern, Gerhard Kurz
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Patent number: 8221283Abstract: A drive train connection has a shaft, a joint, particularly a constant velocity joint, and a coupling device. The coupling device is a planetary gear mechanism having a hollow wheel, at least one planet wheel and a sun wheel. The shaft and the sun wheel have corresponding locking means oriented in the axial direction. The sun wheel, together with the joint, can be screwed onto the shaft or unscrewed from the shaft by turning the hollow wheel.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2010Date of Patent: July 17, 2012Assignee: IFA-Technologies GmbHInventors: Holger Frank, Jonathan Lipp, Michael Willmann