Patents by Inventor Christoph SCHWANZ

Christoph SCHWANZ 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: 9464518
    Abstract: A method and a device for producing and measuring a borehole in the ground is provided, in that the borehole is produced through drilling, that between a carrier unit above a ground surface and a measuring body a measuring rope is tensioned, that the measuring body is inserted so as to fit into the borehole in the ground and lowered, that by means of angle and distance measurements the positions of at least two vertically spaced rope points of the tensioned measuring rope are ascertained and in that on the basis of the ascertained positions of the rope points the position of the measuring body in the borehole is determined as a measure for the location of the borehole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2016
    Assignee: BAUER SPEZIALTIEFBAU GmbH
    Inventors: Christoph Schwanz, Ulli Wiedenmann
  • Patent number: 8864422
    Abstract: A method and arrangement for producing a trench wall element in the ground, in which a trench is produced in the ground through removal of ground material by way of a removal device and a hardening medium is introduced into the trench in order to form the trench wall element. Provision is made in that between the removal device and a carrier device at least two ropes are tensioned, for which the respective positions of at least two vertically spaced rope points of a rope are ascertained through angle and distance measurements by way of a measuring device, and in that the ascertained positions of the rope points are used to determine a location of the removal device in the ground.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2014
    Assignee: Bauer Spezialtiefbau GmbH
    Inventor: Christoph Schwanz
  • Patent number: 8801334
    Abstract: A method for producing an underwater foundation element in a bed of a body of water, in which a working platform for guiding a drilling tool is lowered to the bed of a body of water, so that a drill-hole is introduced into the bed of a body of water and a pile-shaped underwater foundation element is arranged in the drill-hole and anchored therein. A precise alignment is achieved in that on the pile-shaped underwater foundation element a measuring unit is fixed, through which positional data of the pile-shaped underwater foundation element are determined and in that depending on the determined positional data the position of the underwater foundation element is set by at least one positioning means on the working platform prior to anchoring. The measuring unit is arranged on an adjustment head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2014
    Assignee: Bauer Spezialtiefbau GmbH
    Inventors: Simon Paulus, Christoph Schwanz, Ulli Wiedenmann
  • Publication number: 20140041447
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method and a device for producing and measuring a borehole in the ground. As far as the method is concerned, provision is made in that the borehole is produced through drilling, that between a carrier unit above a ground surface and a measuring body a measuring rope is tensioned, that the measuring body is inserted so as to fit into the borehole in the ground and lowered, that by means of angle and distance measurements the positions of at least two vertically spaced rope points of the tensioned measuring rope are ascertained and in that on the basis of the ascertained positions of the rope points the position of the measuring body in the borehole is determined as a measure for the location of the borehole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2013
    Publication date: February 13, 2014
    Applicant: BAUER SPEZIALTIEFBAU GMBH
    Inventors: Christoph SCHWANZ, Ulli WIEDENMANN
  • Publication number: 20130223939
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing a trench wall element in the ground, in which a trench is produced in the ground through removal of ground material by means of a removal device and a hardening medium is introduced into the trench in order to form the trench wall element. Provision is made in that between the removal device and a carrier device at least two ropes are tensioned, for which the respective positions of at least two vertically spaced rope points of a rope are ascertained through angle and distance measurements by means of a measuring device, and in that the ascertained positions of the rope points are used to determine a location of the removal device in the ground. The invention furthermore relates to an arrangement for producing a trench wall element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2012
    Publication date: August 29, 2013
    Applicant: BAUER SPEZIALTIEFBAU GMBH
    Inventor: Christoph SCHWANZ
  • Publication number: 20120315097
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing an underwater foundation element in a bed of a body of water, in which a working platform for guiding a drilling tool is lowered to the bed of a body of water, with the drilling tool a drill-hole is introduced into the bed of a body of water and a pile-shaped underwater foundation element is arranged in the drill-hole and anchored therein. A precise alignment is achieved in that on the pile-shaped underwater foundation element a measuring unit is fixed, through which positional data of the pile-shaped underwater foundation element are determined and in that depending on the determined positional data the position of the underwater foundation element is set by means of at least one positioning means on the working platform prior to anchoring. In accordance with the invention the measuring unit is arranged on an adjustment head.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2012
    Publication date: December 13, 2012
    Applicant: BAUER SPEZIALTIEFBAU GMBH
    Inventors: Simon PAULUS, Christoph SCHWANZ, Ulli WIEDENMANN