Patents by Inventor Dieter Goetze

Dieter Goetze 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).

  • Navigation device and method for surveying and directing a borehole under drilling conditions
    Patent number: 9976408
    Abstract: A navigation device for surveying and directing a borehole comprises: a first gyro including a first sensitive axis and a second sensitive axis; a second gyro including at least a third sensitive axis; and a driving unit configured to orient the second gyro in a first mode in a first position in which an earth acceleration dependent error on the second gyro is insignificant and to orient the second gyro in a second mode in a second position in which the third sensitive axis is perpendicular to the first sensitive axis and perpendicular to the second sensitive axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: ImDex Global B.V.
    Inventors: Dieter Goetze, Steve Toghill
  • NAVIGATION DEVICE AND METHOD FOR SURVEYING AND DIRECTING A BOREHOLE UNDER DRILLING CONDITIONS
    Publication number: 20140366622
    Abstract: A navigation device for surveying and directing a borehole comprises: a first gyro including a first sensitive axis and a second sensitive axis; a second gyro including at least a third sensitive axis; and a driving unit configured to orient the second gyro in a first mode in a first position in which an earth acceleration dependent error on the second gyro is insignificant and to orient the second gyro in a second mode in a second position in which the third sensitive axis is perpendicular to the first sensitive axis and perpendicular to the second sensitive axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2012
    Publication date: December 18, 2014
    Applicant: Imdex Global B.V.
    Inventors: Dieter Goetze, Steve Toghill