Patents by Inventor RenéMarcel Albert

RenéMarcel Albert 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).

  • Apparatus for directional boring under mixed conditions
    Patent number: 6454025
    Abstract: A drill head for an apparatus for horizontal directional drilling. The drill head includes a device for detecting angular orientation, a holder for the device for detecting angular orientation, the device for detecting angular orientation being disposed therein, a hammer driven by a liquid and a drill bit. The holder, the hammer and the drill bit are connected head to tail along a longitudinal axis of a drill string with the holder at a proximate end of the drill head and the drill bit at a distal end of the drill head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2002
    Assignee: Vermeer Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Randy R. Runquist, Mark Van Houwelingen, James R. Rankin, RenéMarcel Albert
  • Apparatus for directional boring under mixed conditions
    Patent number: RE44427
    Abstract: A drill head for an apparatus for horizontal directional drilling. The drill head includes a device for detecting angular orientation, a holder for the device for detecting angular orientation, the device for detecting angular orientation being disposed therein, a hammer driven by a liquid and a drill bit. The holder, the hammer and the drill bit are connected head to tail along a longitudinal axis of a drill string with the holder at a proximate end of the drill head and the drill bit at a distal end of the drill head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2013
    Assignee: Vermeer Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Randy R. Runquist, Mark Van Houwelingen, James R. Rankin, ReneMarcel Albert