Patents by Inventor Franz-Josef Püttmann

Franz-Josef Püttmann 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: 11970909
    Abstract: A drill head of a ground drilling device includes a drill bit and an attachment which can be fastened to the drill bit, wherein at least one dowel pin is provided for holding the attachment on the drill bit, and the drill bit has one or more receptacles for a dowel pin, wherein the receptacle is enlarged with respect to the radius of the dowel pin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: TRACTO-TECHNIK GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Franz-Josef Püttmann
  • Patent number: 11767716
    Abstract: A drilling head for a percussive displacement ground drilling device with a first drilling head section and a second drilling head section, the first drilling head section having discharge ducts, and the second drilling head section having a cross section that increases in the longitudinal direction, wherein the second drilling head section includes a plurality of step-shaped areas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: TRACTO-TECHNIK Gmbh & Co. KG
    Inventor: Franz-Josef Püttmann
  • Publication number: 20230003087
    Abstract: The invention relates to a drill head of a ground drilling device having a drill bit and an attachment which can be fastened to the drill bit, wherein at least one dowel pin is provided for holding the attachment on the drill bit, and the drill bit has one or more receptacles for a dowel pin, wherein the receptacle is enlarged with respect to the radius of the dowel pin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2022
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Inventor: Franz-Josef PÜTTMANN
  • Publication number: 20220056765
    Abstract: A drilling head for a percussive displacement ground drilling device with a first drilling head section and a second drilling head section, the first drilling head section having discharge ducts, and the second drilling head section having a cross section that increases in the longitudinal direction, wherein the second drilling head section includes a plurality of step-shaped areas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2021
    Publication date: February 24, 2022
    Inventor: Franz-Josef PÜTTMANN
  • Patent number: 10828763
    Abstract: A percussion drilling device for drilling in earth includes at least one housing section for a main piston, and a ring insert arranged in the housing section in front of the main piston so that the ring insert transmits at least part of the energy of the main piston onto the housing. The ring insert is attached to the housing by a shrink-fit connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: TRACTO-TECHNIK GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Franz-Josef Püttmann, Sadri Samadraxha
  • Patent number: 10480246
    Abstract: A percussion boring device with an impact piston is mounted within a housing and driven in a cyclic back and forth movement. In a first switch position, the impact piston strikes a front impact surface, in order to drive the percussion boring device in a first movement direction, and, in a second switch position, the impact piston strikes a rear impact surface, in order to drive the percussion boring device in a second movement direction. For the reversal of the movement directions, a guide tube fixed to the housing, and a control sleeve which can be axially shifted on the guide tube, are provided, and the impact piston can be axially shifted on the control sleeve. The control sleeve includes two sections which are connected to one another by a movable connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: TRACTO-TECHNIK GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Franz-Josef Püttmann, Gerhard Völkel, Gerhard Balve
  • Publication number: 20180363375
    Abstract: A percussion boring device with an impact piston is mounted within a housing and driven in a cyclic back and forth movement. In a first switch position, the impact piston strikes a front impact surface, in order to drive the percussion boring device in a first movement direction, and, in a second switch position, the impact piston strikes a rear impact surface, in order to drive the percussion boring device in a second movement direction. For the reversal of the movement directions, a guide tube fixed to the housing, and a control sleeve which can be axially shifted on the guide tube, are provided, and the impact piston can be axially shifted on the control sleeve. The control sleeve includes two sections which are connected to one another by a movable connection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2016
    Publication date: December 20, 2018
    Applicant: TRACTO-TECHNIK GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Franz-Josef PÜTTMANN, Gerhard VÖLKEL, Gerhard BALVE
  • Patent number: 9938769
    Abstract: A ram boring device has a pressurized-fluid driven striking piston in a device housing and a rotating reversing device configured to urge the striking piston from a forward operation to a reverse operation, in order to create oblique or horizontal bores in the ground. A piston chamber of a rotary piston drive is connected to a control fluid line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: TRACTO-TECHNIK GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Franz-Josef Püttmann
  • Publication number: 20170334052
    Abstract: A percussion drilling device for drilling in earth includes at least one housing section for a main piston, and a ring insert arranged in the housing section in front of the main piston so that the ring insert transmits at least part of the energy of the main piston onto the housing. The ring insert is attached to the housing by a shrink-fit connection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2015
    Publication date: November 23, 2017
    Inventors: Franz-Josef PÜTTMANN, Sadri SAMADRAXHA
  • Patent number: 9328560
    Abstract: A ground-drilling device includes a basic body and a drill head movably mounted in relation thereto in the longitudinally axial direction, wherein a free space, which is variable in its size owing to the movable mounting, is formed between the drill head and the basic body, and a sealing element for sealing the free space with respect to the environment, wherein the sealing element is designed as a valve element which opens when an overpressure is present inside the clearance, in order to produce a pressure compensation, and which is closed when a negative pressure is present inside the clearance, in order to prevent a pressure compensation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Assignee: TRACTO-TECHNIK GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Franz-Josef Püttmann
  • Publication number: 20160069135
    Abstract: A ram boring device has a pressurized-fluid driven striking piston in a device housing and a rotating reversing device configured to urge the striking piston from a forward operation to a reverse operation in order to create oblique or horizontal bores in the ground, in which the piston chamber of a rotary piston drive is connected to a control fluid line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2015
    Publication date: March 10, 2016
    Inventor: Franz-Josef PÜTTMANN
  • Patent number: 9243456
    Abstract: The invention relates to an earth drilling device (1) for boring a borehole into the soil and/or for drawing a line (9) into an underground passage, comprising at least one system line (4, 6) extending from the earth drilling device to a start region, wherein the system line is designed in an electrically insulating manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignee: TRACTO-TECHNIK GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Franz-Josef Püttmann, Gerhard Völkel, Peter Grass, Meinolf Rameil
  • Patent number: 9206682
    Abstract: A boring element of a ground boring device includes a housing having a receptacle, a transmitter arranged in the receptacle of the housing and supported in the receptacle for movement in a longitudinal-axial direction of the boring element, and a front buffer connecting the transmitter with the housing. The transmitter moves towards a rear in the receptacle as a result of a deformation of the front buffer, when a rear percussive impulse is applied to the boring element, without the transmitter coming directly into contact with another part of the boring element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2015
    Assignee: TRACTO-TECHNIK GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Franz-Josef Püttmann, Peter Grass, Gerhard Völkel, Andreas Riekes, Frank Prutti
  • Patent number: 9074423
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for inserting a pipe (4) via a pit (1) into an underground borehole, wherein the pipe is flattened before entering the pit, and wherein the pipe is redirected within the pit in the direction of the axis of the borehole, so as to re-deform the pipe before entering the borehole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2015
    Assignee: TRACTO-TECHNIK GMBH & CO.
    Inventor: Franz-Josef Püttmann
  • Patent number: 9016404
    Abstract: The invention relates to a ram boring device for creating horizontal boreholes, having an impact piston which moves in an oscillatory manner within a casing of the ram boring device and of which the impact frequency or impact intensity can be varied by displacing the center position of the impact piston inside the casing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Assignee: TRACTO-TECHNIK GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Franz-Josef Püttmann
  • Patent number: 8967911
    Abstract: The invention relates to a system for the overground operation of underground sewer tools, especially of expander and pulling heads comprising a rod assembly that is rigid when pushed and a supporting device absorbing shear or tractive forces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: Tracto-Technik GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Franz-Josef Püttmann
  • Patent number: 8944189
    Abstract: The invention relates to a coupling system for rod segments for use in horizontal earth boring, wherein the ends of the rod segments are interlinked via a separate sacrificial element which can be used as a predetermined breaking point or which allows the rod segments to be pivoted relative each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Assignee: Tracto-Technik GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Franz-Josef Püttmann
  • Patent number: 8757931
    Abstract: A pipe guide adapter for drawing pipes into a channel with the aid of a traction means is provided with ribs which are arranged conically on a base pipe. The ribs ensure guidance of the pipe and, at the same time, a simple construction of the adapter. In addition, the pipe guide adapter can be provided with rollers, which are arranged in the free spaces between the ribs and facilitate the guide function of the pipe guide adapter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2014
    Assignee: TT Schmidt GmbH
    Inventor: Franz-Josef Püttmann
  • Patent number: 8443917
    Abstract: An insertion coupling for a boring rod assembly with at least two coupling elements is disclosed. The coupling elements include at least one corresponding tapered coupling face pair constructed to produce play-free clamping when pressing forces are applied to the insertion coupling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2013
    Assignee: Tracto-Technik GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Franz Josef Püttmann
  • Publication number: 20130025936
    Abstract: A ground-drilling device includes a basic body and a drill head movably mounted in relation thereto in the longitudinally axial direction, wherein a free space, which is variable in its size owing to the movable mounting, is formed between the drill head and the basic body, and a sealing element for sealing the free space with respect to the environment, wherein the sealing element is designed as a valve element which opens when an overpressure is present inside the clearance, in order to produce a pressure compensation, and which is closed when a negative pressure is present inside the clearance, in order to prevent a pressure compensation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2011
    Publication date: January 31, 2013
    Applicant: TRACTO-TECHNIK GmbH & C0. KG
    Inventor: Franz-Josef Püttmann