Patents by Inventor Carsten Hohl

Carsten Hohl 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: 11946341
    Abstract: A hydraulic tool includes a rotor rotatably disposed within a stator. At least an inner portion of the stator and/or at least an outer portion of the rotor is configured to be installed in a drill string in either of two inverted orientations along a longitudinal axis of the hydraulic tool. The rotor is configured to rotate within the stator in either of the two orientations. A method includes disposing a rotor within a cavity defined by a stator, passing a fluid through the stator to rotate the rotor, and reversing the stator or the rotor. A drilling system includes a fluid source, a hydraulic tool, a drive shaft operatively associated with the rotor of the hydraulic tool, and a drill bit operatively associated with the drive shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: Baker Hughes Holdings LLC
    Inventors: Carsten Hohl, Carsten Voss
  • Patent number: 11821288
    Abstract: A hydraulic tool includes a rotor rotatably disposed within a stator. At least an inner portion of the stator and/or at least an outer portion of the rotor is configured to be installed in a drill string in either of two inverted orientations along a longitudinal axis of the hydraulic tool. The rotor is configured to rotate within the stator in either of the two orientations. A method includes disposing a rotor within a cavity defined by a stator, passing a fluid through the stator to rotate the rotor, and reversing the stator or the rotor. A drilling system includes a fluid source, a hydraulic tool, a drive shaft operatively associated with the rotor of the hydraulic tool, and a drill bit operatively associated with the drive shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: Baker Hughes Holdings LLC
    Inventors: Carsten Hohl, Carsten Voss
  • Publication number: 20230003083
    Abstract: A hydraulic tool includes a rotor rotatably disposed within a stator. At least an inner portion of the stator and/or at least an outer portion of the rotor is configured to be installed in a drill string in either of two inverted orientations along a longitudinal axis of the hydraulic tool. The rotor is configured to rotate within the stator in either of the two orientations. A method includes disposing a rotor within a cavity defined by a stator, passing a fluid through the stator to rotate the rotor, and reversing the stator or the rotor. A drilling system includes a fluid source, a hydraulic tool, a drive shaft operatively associated with the rotor of the hydraulic tool, and a drill bit operatively associated with the drive shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2022
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Inventors: Carsten Hohl, Carsten Voss
  • Publication number: 20220145706
    Abstract: A hydraulic tool includes a rotor rotatably disposed within a stator. At least an inner portion of the stator and/or at least an outer portion of the rotor is configured to be installed in a drill string in either of two inverted orientations along a longitudinal axis of the hydraulic tool. The rotor is configured to rotate within the stator in either of the two orientations. A method includes disposing a rotor within a cavity defined by a stator, passing a fluid through the stator to rotate the rotor, and reversing the stator or the rotor. A drilling system includes a fluid source, a hydraulic tool, a drive shaft operatively associated with the rotor of the hydraulic tool, and a drill bit operatively associated with the drive shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2022
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Inventors: Carsten Hohl, Carsten Voss
  • Patent number: 11319753
    Abstract: A stator for a downhole motor configured for use in a downhole environment. includes an inner tubular member formed from a first metallic material having an outer surface and a helically lobed inner surface, and an outer tubular member comprising a second metallic material that is different from the first metallic material. The inner tubular member is connected to the outer tubular member by compressive force passing from the outer tubular member through the inner tubular member to a rigid mandrel removably disposed within the inner tubular member. The inner tubular member and the outer tubular member form the stator of the downhole motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: BAKER HUGHES, A GE COMPANY, LLC
    Inventors: Witali Huber, Gunnar Michaelis, Carsten Hohl, Erik Bartscherer, Harald Grimmer, Christian Fulda, Dorothea Marion Fischer, Thorsten Regener
  • Patent number: 11261666
    Abstract: A hydraulic tool includes a rotor rotatably disposed within a stator. At least an inner portion of the stator and/or at least an outer portion of the rotor is configured to be installed in a drill string in either of two inverted orientations along a longitudinal axis of the hydraulic tool. The rotor is configured to rotate within the stator in either of the two orientations. A method includes disposing a rotor within a cavity defined by a stator, passing a fluid through the stator to rotate the rotor, and reversing the stator or the rotor. A drilling system includes a fluid source, a hydraulic tool, a drive shaft operatively associated with the rotor of the hydraulic tool, and a drill bit operatively associated with the drive shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: Baker Hughes Holdings LLC
    Inventors: Carsten Hohl, Carsten Voss
  • Publication number: 20210148171
    Abstract: A stator for a downhole motor configured for use in a downhole environment. includes an inner tubular member formed from a first metallic material having an outer surface and a helically lobed inner surface, and an outer tubular member comprising a second metallic material that is different from the first metallic material. The inner tubular member is connected to the outer tubular member by compressive force passing from the outer tubular member through the inner tubular member to a rigid mandrel removably disposed within the inner tubular member. The inner tubular member and the outer tubular member form the stator of the downhole motor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2021
    Publication date: May 20, 2021
    Inventors: Witali Huber, Gunnar Michaelis, Carsten Hohl, Erik Bartscherer, Harald Grimmer, Christian Fulda, Dorothea Marion Fischer, Thorsten Regener
  • Patent number: 10920493
    Abstract: A method of making a stator includes positioning an inner tubular member having an inner surface within an outer tubular member, installing a rigid mandrel within the inner tubular member, and applying a compressive force to at least one of the inner tubular member and the outer tubular member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: BAKER HUGHES, A GE COMPANY, LLC
    Inventors: Witali Huber, Gunnar Michaelis, Carsten Hohl, Erik Bartscherer, Harald Grimmer, Christian Fulda, Dorothea Marion Fischer, Thorsten Regener
  • Patent number: 10385615
    Abstract: A method of operating a Moineau system to substantially eliminate vibrations, the method includes rotating a first rotational member, and rotating a second rotational member. Each of the first rotational member and the second rotational member includes a plurality of lobes. A first rotational speed of one of the first rotational member and the second rotational member is selected based on 1) a second rotational speed of the other of the first rotational member and the second rotational member and 2) the number of lobes of one of the first rotational member and the second rotational member to maintain eccentric force of one of the first and second rotational members below a predetermined threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: BAKER HUGHES, A GE COMPANY, LLC
    Inventors: Christian Herbig, Andreas Hohl, Hanno Reckmann, Carsten Hohl, Harald Grimmer
  • Publication number: 20180238114
    Abstract: A method of making a stator includes positioning an inner tubular member having an inner surface within an outer tubular member, installing a rigid mandrel within the inner tubular member, and applying a compressive force to at least one of the inner tubular member and the outer tubular member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2017
    Publication date: August 23, 2018
    Applicant: Baker Hughes Incorporated
    Inventors: Witali Huber, Gunnar Michaelis, Carsten Hohl, Erik Bartscherer, Harald Grimmer, Christian Fulda, Dorothea Marion Fischer, Thorsten Regener
  • Publication number: 20180128052
    Abstract: A method of operating a Moineau system to substantially eliminate vibrations, the method includes rotating a first rotational member, and rotating a second rotational member. Each of the first rotational member and the second rotational member includes a plurality of lobes. A first rotational speed of one of the first rotational member and the second rotational member is selected based on 1) a second rotational speed of the other of the first rotational member and the second rotational member and 2) the number of lobes of one of the first rotational member and the second rotational member to maintain eccentric force of one of the first and second rotational members below a predetermined threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2016
    Publication date: May 10, 2018
    Applicant: Baker Hughes Incorporated
    Inventors: Christian Herbig, Andreas Hohl, Hanno Reckmann, Carsten Hohl, Harald Grimmer
  • Publication number: 20170306700
    Abstract: A hydraulic tool includes a rotor rotatably disposed within a stator. At least an inner portion of the stator and/or at least an outer portion of the rotor is configured to be installed in a drill string in either of two inverted orientations along a longitudinal axis of the hydraulic tool. The rotor is configured to rotate within the stator in either of the two orientations. A method includes disposing a rotor within a cavity defined by a stator, passing a fluid through the stator to rotate the rotor, and reversing the stator or the rotor. A drilling system includes a fluid source, a hydraulic tool, a drive shaft operatively associated with the rotor of the hydraulic tool, and a drill bit operatively associated with the drive shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2017
    Publication date: October 26, 2017
    Inventors: Carsten Hohl, Carsten Voss
  • Patent number: 9784269
    Abstract: A hydraulic tool includes a stator and a rotor rotatably disposed within the stator. At least one of at least an inner portion of the stator and at least an outer portion of the rotor includes an insert comprising a hard material. A method of forming a hydraulic tool includes attaching at least one insert comprising a hard material to a surface of a stator or a surface of a rotor. A downhole motor or pump includes a stator and a rotor. The stator includes at least one insert comprising a hard material disposed over at least a portion of an interior surface thereof and a matrix material at least partially surrounding the at least one insert. The rotor includes at least one insert disposed over at least a portion of an exterior surface thereof and a matrix material at least partially surrounding the at least one insert.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Assignee: Baker Hughes Incorporated
    Inventors: Joerg Lehr, Dirk Froehlich, Carsten Hohl
  • Patent number: 9091264
    Abstract: An apparatus for use downhole is disclosed that in one embodiment may include a rotor having an outer lobed surface disposed in a stator having an inner lobed surface, wherein the inner lobed-surface or the outer-lobed surface includes a sealing material on a first section thereof and a metallic surface on a second section thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2015
    Assignee: Baker Hughes Incorporated
    Inventors: Carsten Hohl, Harald Grimmer, Volker Krueger
  • Publication number: 20150192123
    Abstract: A hydraulic tool includes a stator and a rotor rotatably disposed within the stator. At least one of at least an inner portion of the stator and at least an outer portion of the rotor includes an insert comprising a hard material. A method of forming a hydraulic tool includes attaching at least one insert comprising a hard material to a surface of a stator or a surface of a rotor. A downhole motor or pump includes a stator and a rotor. The stator includes at least one insert comprising a hard material disposed over at least a portion of an interior surface thereof and a matrix material at least partially surrounding the at least one insert. The rotor includes at least one insert disposed over at least a portion of an exterior surface thereof and a matrix material at least partially surrounding the at least one insert.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2014
    Publication date: July 9, 2015
    Inventors: Joerg Lehr, Dirk Froehlich, Carsten Hohl
  • Publication number: 20150122549
    Abstract: A hydraulic tool includes a rotor rotatably disposed within a stator. At least an inner portion of the stator and/or at least an outer portion of the rotor is configured to be installed in a drill string in either of two inverted orientations along a longitudinal axis of the hydraulic tool. The rotor is configured to rotate within the stator in either of the two orientations. A method includes disposing a rotor within a cavity defined by a stator, passing a fluid through the stator to rotate the rotor, and reversing the stator or the rotor. A drilling system includes a fluid source, a hydraulic tool, a drive shaft operatively associated with the rotor of the hydraulic tool, and a drill bit operatively associated with the drive shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2013
    Publication date: May 7, 2015
    Applicant: Baker Hughes Incorporated
    Inventors: Carsten Hohl, Carsten Voss
  • Patent number: 8985977
    Abstract: An apparatus for use in a wellbore may include a stator having a bore and a rotor disposed in the bore. Either or both of the rotor and the stator may include a layer that has an asymmetrical material property profile along at least a portion of a circumference of that layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: Baker Hughes Incorporated
    Inventors: Carsten Hohl, Helmut G. Benning
  • Patent number: 8888474
    Abstract: In an aspect, the disclosure provides an apparatus for use downhole. In one aspect the apparatus includes a rotor with lobes disposed in stator with lobes, wherein at least one of the contours of the rotor lobe and the contour of the stator lobe is asymmetric.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2014
    Assignee: Baker Hughes Incorporated
    Inventors: Carsten Hohl, Harald Grimmer
  • Publication number: 20140064997
    Abstract: An apparatus for use in a wellbore may include a stator having a bore and a rotor disposed in the bore. Either or both of the rotor and the stator may include a layer that has an asymmetrical material property profile along at least a portion of a circumference of that layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2012
    Publication date: March 6, 2014
    Applicant: BAKER HUGHES INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Carsten Hohl, Helmut G. Benning
  • Publication number: 20130133950
    Abstract: An apparatus for use downhole is disclosed that in one embodiment may include a rotor having an outer lobed surface disposed in a stator having an inner lobed surface, wherein the inner lobed-surface or the outer-lobed surface includes a sealing material on a first section thereof and a metallic surface on a second section thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2011
    Publication date: May 30, 2013
    Applicant: BAKER HUGHES INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Carsten Hohl, Harald Grimmer, Volker Krueger