Patents by Inventor Erik Bartscherer

Erik Bartscherer 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: 11598154
    Abstract: A wellbore tool is conditioned between downhole deployments with a substantially continuous application of a conditioning fluid within the tool. Selectively removable caps connect to ends of the tool after its removal from the wellbore. If the tool is part of a downhole string, the caps are added after the tool is decoupled from the remainder of the string. The conditioning fluid is introduced into the tool through a fitting on one of the end caps; and while a fitting on the other end cap is opened to vent fluids resident within the tool. The caps are in sealing contact with a housing of the tool to retain the conditioning fluid inside the tool. A fluid supply system at the well site provides the conditioning fluid. Example conditioning fluids include a fracturing fluid, a completion fluid, a diluent, a solubilizing agent, an anti-scaling agent, a pH buffer, a liquid freezing point depressant, corrosion and oxidation inhibitors, oxygen scavengers, biocides, surfactants, and combinations thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: BAKER HUGHES OILFIELD OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Sven Hoegger, Helmuth Sarmiento Klapper, Peter Schorling, Erik Bartscherer
  • 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
  • Publication number: 20220034314
    Abstract: A mud motor and a drill string having the mud motor. The mud motor includes a stator and a rotor. A lining between the stator and the rotor includes fibers forming a fiber pattern. The lining is a coating of at least one of a lobed inner surface of the stator and a lobed outer surface of the rotor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2021
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Applicant: Baker Hughes Oilfield Operations LLC
    Inventor: Erik Bartscherer
  • Patent number: 11198152
    Abstract: A method of lining an inner surface of a tubular with a polymer, includes positioning a polymer injecting head within the tubular, forming an annular space between the injecting head and an inner surface of the tubular, injecting polymer through the injecting head into the annular space, and moving the polymer injecting head longitudinally relative to the tubular while injecting polymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: BAKER HUGHES, A GE COMPANY, LLC
    Inventors: Erik Bartscherer, Sven Delden, Helmut G. Benning
  • 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
  • Publication number: 20210002963
    Abstract: A wellbore tool is conditioned between downhole deployments with a substantially continuous application of a conditioning fluid within the tool. Selectively removable caps connect to ends of the tool after its removal from the wellbore. If the tool is part of a downhole string, the caps are added after the tool is decoupled from the remainder of the string. The conditioning fluid is introduced into the tool through a fitting on one of the end caps; and while a fitting on the other end cap is opened to vent fluids resident within the tool. The caps are in sealing contact with a housing of the tool to retain the conditioning fluid inside the tool. A fluid supply system at the well site provides the conditioning fluid. Example conditioning fluids include a fracturing fluid, a completion fluid, a diluent, a solubilizing agent, an anti-scaling agent, a pH buffer, a liquid freezing point depressant, corrosion and oxidation inhibitors, oxygen scavengers, biocides, surfactants, and combinations thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2020
    Publication date: January 7, 2021
    Applicant: Baker Hughes Oilfield Operations, LLC
    Inventors: Sven Hoegger, Helmuth Sarmiento Klapper, Peter Schorling, Erik Bartscherer
  • Publication number: 20190351451
    Abstract: A method of lining an inner surface of a tubular with a polymer, includes positioning a polymer injecting head within the tubular, forming an annular space between the injecting head and an inner surface of the tubular, injecting polymer through the injecting head into the annular space, and moving the polymer injecting head longitudinally relative to the tubular while injecting polymer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2019
    Publication date: November 21, 2019
    Applicant: Baker Hughes, a GE company, LLC
    Inventors: Erik Bartscherer, Sven Delden, Helmut G. Benning
  • Patent number: 10413936
    Abstract: A method of lining an inner surface of a tubular with a polymer, includes positioning a polymer injecting head within the tubular, forming an annular space between the injecting head and an inner surface of the tubular, injecting polymer through the injecting head into the annular space, and moving the polymer injecting head longitudinally relative to the tubular while injecting polymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: BAKER HUGHES, A GE COMPANY, LLC
    Inventors: Erik Bartscherer, Sven Delden, Helmut G. Benning
  • 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: 20170189936
    Abstract: A method of lining an inner surface of a tubular with a polymer, includes positioning a polymer injecting head within the tubular, forming an annular space between the injecting head and an inner surface of the tubular, injecting polymer through the injecting head into the annular space, and moving the polymer injecting head longitudinally relative to the tubular while injecting polymer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2017
    Publication date: July 6, 2017
    Applicant: Baker Hughes Incorporated
    Inventors: Erik Bartscherer, Sven Delden, Helmut G. Benning
  • Patent number: 9610611
    Abstract: A method of lining an inner surface of a tubular with a polymer, includes positioning a polymer injecting head within the tubular, forming an annular space between the injecting head and an inner surface of the tubular, injecting polymer through the injecting head into the annular space, and moving the polymer injecting head longitudinally relative to the tubular while injecting polymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2017
    Assignee: BAKER HUGHES INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Erik Bartscherer, Sven Delden, Helmut G. Benning
  • Publication number: 20150226364
    Abstract: A method of lining an inner surface of a tubular with a polymer, includes positioning a polymer injecting head within the tubular, forming an annular space between the injecting head and an inner surface of the tubular, injecting polymer through the injecting head into the annular space, and moving the polymer injecting head longitudinally relative to the tubular while injecting polymer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2014
    Publication date: August 13, 2015
    Applicant: BAKER HUGHES INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Erik Bartscherer, Sven Delden, Helmut G. Benning
  • Patent number: 8574667
    Abstract: A composition including a high temperature thermoplastic polymer and a filler material is disclosed. A method for forming a coating upon a wellbore tool includes forming a powder composition comprising a thermoplastic polymer and a filler material and applying the composition on the body surface. Wellbore tools having components coated with such compositions are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2013
    Assignee: Baker Hughes Incorporated
    Inventors: Hendrik John, Erik Bartscherer, Andreas Krafczyk
  • Publication number: 20130032411
    Abstract: A composition including a high temperature thermoplastic polymer and a filler material is disclosed. A method for forming a coating upon a wellbore tool includes forming a powder composition comprising a thermoplastic polymer and a filler material and applying the composition on the body surface. Wellbore tools having components coated with such compositions are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2011
    Publication date: February 7, 2013
    Applicant: BAKER HUGHES INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Hendrik John, Erik Bartscherer, Andreas Krafczyk