Patents by Inventor Rudiger Koegler

Rudiger Koegler 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: 7963722
    Abstract: In a method for the trenchless laying of pipes, a drilling operation (5) is firstly carried out by means of controlled heading from a starting point (1) to a finishing point (6). Then the drilling head (3) is disconnected from the heading pipes (4) and the heading pipe run is connected by means of a special connecting pipe to the product pipe run (9), which is prefabricated above ground at the finishing point (6). Subsequently, the heading pipes (4) are drawn back from the drill hole to the starting point (1), the product pipe run (9) simultaneously being drawn into the drill hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2011
    Assignee: Meyer & John GmbH & Co KG
    Inventor: Rüdiger Kögler
  • Patent number: 7942609
    Abstract: A method for trenchless pipe laying, a pipeline is constructed form a starting point to a goal point undercrossing an obstacle wherein the constructing of a bore hole and laying the prefabricated pipeline, which is constructed in one piece on the surface, are done in one work step, wherein at the front end of the pipeline a steerable drilling device is arranged, wherein a pipe thrusting device is arranged at the starting point applying forces from the outside to the pipeline via traction preferably friction by pushing the pipeline from a starting point to a goal point, wherein at the same time the necessary contact forces for drilling are transferred, wherein the cuttings produced during the drilling by the drilling device are removed and transported hydraulically out of the bore hole via a transport line inside the pipeline, and wherein the annular space between pipeline and bore hole wall created during drilling is continuously filled with a drilling suspension.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2011
    Assignee: Herrenknecht AG
    Inventor: Rudiger Koegler
  • Publication number: 20090185866
    Abstract: With a method for trenchless pipe laying a pipeline (8) is constructed form a starting point (1) to a goal point (3) undercrossing an obstacle (9) wherein the constructing of a bore hole (12) and laying the prefabricated pipeline (8), which is constructed in one piece on surface, are done in one work step, wherein at the front end of the pipeline (8) a steerable drilling device (6) is arranged, wherein a pipe thrusting device (5) is arranged at the starting point (1) applying forces from the outside to the pipeline (8) via traction preferably fiction by pushing the pipeline (8) from a starting point (1) to a goal point (3), wherein at the same time the necessary contact forces for drilling are transferred, wherein the cuttings produced during the drilling by the drilling device (6) are removed and transported hydraulically out of the bore hole (12) via a transport line inside the pipeline (8), and wherein the annular space between pipeline (8) and bore hole wall (11) created during drilling is continuously fi
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2007
    Publication date: July 23, 2009
    Applicant: HERRENKNECHT AG
    Inventor: Rudiger Koegler