Patents by Inventor Hanno Reckmann
Hanno Reckmann 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).
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Publication number: 20170131433Abstract: An embodiment of a system for estimating a parameter of an earth formation includes at least one formation parameter sensor disposed at a first downhole component and configured to measure a parameter of an earth formation to generate formation parameter data, and one or more processors in operable communication with the at least one formation parameter sensor. The one or more processors are configured to perform: generating a mechanics model of at least one of the first downhole component and a second downhole component, the mechanics model based on geometrical data representing at least one of the first downhole component and the second downhole component; estimating a misalignment of the at least one formation parameter sensor by using the mechanics model; and correcting the formation parameter data based on the misalignment.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 24, 2017Publication date: May 11, 2017Applicant: Baker Hughes IncorporatedInventors: Andreas Hartmann, Hanno Reckmann, Hans-Martin Maurer, Christian Fulda, Dorothea Marion Fischer
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Patent number: 9605527Abstract: An apparatus for mitigation of torsional noise effects on borehole measurements. The apparatus may include a conveyance device; a sleeve having a sensor section, the sleeve rotatably disposed on the conveyance device; a sensor having at least one component disposed on the sensor section; and a driver coupled to the conveyance device and configured to rotate at least the sleeve sensor section. The driver may rotate the sleeve sensor section independent of the conveyance device. The driver may rotate the sleeve sensor section at a preset substantially constant rotational speed. The sleeve may include at least one arm configured to selectively lock the sleeve to a surface in the borehole. The driver may rotate the sleeve sensor section during measurement by the sensor. The driver may selectively couple the sleeve.Type: GrantFiled: December 5, 2012Date of Patent: March 28, 2017Assignee: BAKER HUGHES INCORPORATEDInventors: Arcady Reiderman, Robert Estes, Fei Le, Hanno Reckmann, Christian Herbig
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Patent number: 9476261Abstract: An apparatus for reducing vibration includes a damping assembly configured to be fixedly attached to a downhole component. The downhole component is configured to rotate within a borehole in an earth formation, and the damping assembly has a damping frequency that is tuned relative to a selected natural vibration frequency of the rotating downhole component to reduce vibration due to component rotation.Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 2012Date of Patent: October 25, 2016Assignee: BAKER HUGHES INCORPORATEDInventors: Suresh Venugopal, Jayesh R. Jain, Hanno Reckmann, Bernhard Meyer-Heye
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Patent number: 9435187Abstract: A method for estimating drilling parameters for drilling a borehole in the earth includes: drilling the borehole with a drill string having a mud motor and a drill bit; constructing a mathematical model of a system including the drill string, the mud motor, and a borehole geometry; calculating a mud motor lateral excitation force imposed on the drill string by the mud motor for one or more combinations of drill string rotational speed and mud motor rotational speed; calculating lateral motion of the drill string and a force imposed on the drill string at positions along the drill string for the one or more of combinations using the model and the excitation force; selecting a range of combinations of drill string rotational speed and mud motor rotational speed that result in the force imposed upon the drill string being less than a threshold value; and displaying the range of combinations.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 2013Date of Patent: September 6, 2016Assignee: Baker Hughes IncorporatedInventors: Andreas Hohl, Bernhard Meyer-Heye, Hanno Reckmann
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Patent number: 9410417Abstract: A method of operating a drill string includes receiving signals indicative of rotation of a bottom hole assembly (BHA) of the drill string; receiving signals indicative of the torque experience by the BHA; determining from the received signals an average slipping torque and a maximum sticking torque; determining a friction ratio based on the maximum sticking torque and the average slipping torque; and generating an indication that the friction ratio exceeds a limit.Type: GrantFiled: November 10, 2011Date of Patent: August 9, 2016Assignee: BAKER HUGHES INCORPORATEDInventors: Hanno Reckmann, Bernhard Meyer-Heye, Tristan Lippert, Christian Herbig
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Publication number: 20160123080Abstract: An embodiment of a method of detecting and correcting for spiraling in a downhole carrier includes: deploying the carrier in a borehole in an earth formation as part of a subterranean operation; acquiring time based data from at least one sensor disposed at the carrier; acquiring time and depth data, the time and depth data correlating time values with depths of the carrier; generating a depth based profile based on the time based data and the time and depth data; generating a frequency profile by transforming the depth based profile into the frequency domain; detecting a spiraling event based on an amplitude of the frequency profile; and taking corrective action based on detecting the spiraling event.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 29, 2014Publication date: May 5, 2016Applicant: BAKER HUGHES INCORPORATEDInventors: Christian Herbig, Hanno Reckmann, Wojciech Emmerich, Oliver Hoehn, Christian Linke, Jens-Uwe Bruns, Andreas Hohl, Hatem Oueslati, Ingo Forstner
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Patent number: 9181794Abstract: A method for presenting drilling information includes presenting a display including a graph having a first axis and a second axis. The first axis represents a rate of penetration (ROP) of a drill bit into a borehole and the second axis representing a mechanical specific energy (MSE) of a drilling system that includes the drill bit. The method also includes plotting time based or foot based data with a computing device for one or more drilling runs on the graph and overlaying the graph with lines of constant power.Type: GrantFiled: January 24, 2014Date of Patent: November 10, 2015Assignee: Baker Hughes IncorporatedInventors: Hatem Oueslati, Rudolf Carl Pessier, Hanno Reckmann, Bernhard Meyer-Heye, Thorsten Schwefe
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Publication number: 20150185363Abstract: A method of visualizing borehole system data includes obtaining first borehole system data, second borehole system data, third borehole system data, and fourth borehole system data corresponding to first, second, third, and fourth borehole system characteristics, respectively, of a first borehole system. The method includes binning the first, second, and third borehole system data to generate first binned borehole system data, second binned borehole system data, and third binned borehole system data, respectively. The method also includes generating a display of relationships among each of the first, second, and third binned borehole system data and the fourth borehole system data.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 26, 2013Publication date: July 2, 2015Applicant: BAKER HUGHES INCORPORATEDInventors: Christian Herbig, Bernhard Meyer-Heye, Hanno Reckmann, Hatem Oueslati, Andreas Hohl, Wojciech Emmerich
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Patent number: 9043152Abstract: A method for estimating an inclination and azimuth at a bottom of a borehole includes forming a last survey point including a last inclination and a last azimuth; receiving at a computing device bending moment and at least one of a bending toolface measurement and a near bit inclination measurement from one or more sensors in the borehole; and forming the estimate by comparing possible dogleg severity (DLS) values with the bending moment value.Type: GrantFiled: August 8, 2011Date of Patent: May 26, 2015Assignee: Baker Hughes IncorporatedInventors: Frank Schuberth, Hanno Reckmann, John D. Macpherson, James Albert Hood
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Publication number: 20150122547Abstract: A method for reducing drill tubular vibrations includes: constructing a mathematical model the drill tubular having mass distribution, material stiffness and material damping; constructing an equation of motion of the drill tubular in one of a time domain and frequency domain; transforming the equation of motion into a modal domain equation of motion to provide a mode shape of the drill tubular at an eigenfrequency, the mode shape providing an amplitude at a position along the drill tubular; comparing the amplitude at the position along the drill tubular to a threshold amplitude value; modifying at least one of the mass distribution, material stiffness and material damping if the amplitude exceeds the threshold value; and iterating the above step until at least one of the amplitude of the latest mode shape at the position is less than or equal to the threshold amplitude value and a predetermined constraint limits the modifying.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 1, 2013Publication date: May 7, 2015Applicant: BAKER HUGHES INCORPORATEDInventors: Andreas Hohl, Mathias Tergeist, Hatem Oueslati, Christian Herbig, Jayesh J. Jain, Hanno Reckmann, Lance A. Endres
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Patent number: 9000941Abstract: A method for estimating a steady state response of a drill string in a borehole includes calculating a first displacement of the drill string in a frequency domain for a first excitation force frequency and a number of multiples of this frequency using an equation of motion of the drill string. The equation of motion has a static force component, an excitation force component, and a non-linear force component with respect to at least one of a deflection and a derivative of the deflection of the drill string. The method further includes: transforming the first displacement from the frequency domain into a time domain; calculating a non-linear force in the time domain; calculating a frequency domain coefficient derived from the calculated non-linear force in the time domain; and calculating a second displacement of the drill string in the frequency domain using the equation of motion and the frequency domain coefficient.Type: GrantFiled: February 20, 2013Date of Patent: April 7, 2015Assignee: Baker Hughes IncorporatedInventors: Andreas Hohl, Frank Schuberth, Hanno Reckmann
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Publication number: 20150088468Abstract: A method for estimating drilling parameters for drilling a borehole in the earth includes: drilling the borehole with a drill string having a mud motor and a drill bit; constructing a mathematical model of a system including the drill string, the mud motor, and a borehole geometry; calculating a mud motor lateral excitation force imposed on the drill string by the mud motor for one or more combinations of drill string rotational speed and mud motor rotational speed; calculating lateral motion of the drill string and a force imposed on the drill string at positions along the drill string for the one or more of combinations using the model and the excitation force; selecting a range of combinations of drill string rotational speed and mud motor rotational speed that result in the force imposed upon the drill string being less than a threshold value; and displaying the range of combinations.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 20, 2013Publication date: March 26, 2015Applicant: BAKER HUGHES INCORPORATEDInventors: Andreas Hohl, Bernhard Meyer-Heye, Hanno Reckmann
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Publication number: 20140338977Abstract: A method for estimating a location for disposing a tool in a drill tubular having a drill bit includes performing a modal analysis of the drill tubular to determine natural eigenfrequencies and corresponding eigenmodes of torsional oscillations of the model and selecting a predominant natural eigenfrequency and corresponding eigenmode from the determined natural eigenfrequencies and corresponding eigenmodes. The method further includes performing a forced modal analysis of the drill tubular at the predominant eigenfrequency with a force or moment acting on the drill bit to provide a correlation between forced torsional deflection amplitude and position and estimating the position to be within a range of positions wherein a vibration qualification of the tool is greater or equal to the torsional deflection amplitude throughout the range.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 17, 2013Publication date: November 20, 2014Applicant: BAKER HUGHES INCORPORATEDInventors: Hatem Oueslati, Hanno Reckmann, Jayesh R. Jain
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Publication number: 20140232548Abstract: A method for estimating a steady state response of a drill string in a borehole includes calculating a first displacement of the drill string in a frequency domain for a first excitation force frequency and a number of multiples of this frequency using an equation of motion of the drill string. The equation of motion has a static force component, an excitation force component, and a non-linear force component with respect to at least one of a deflection and a derivative of the deflection of the drill string. The method further includes: transforming the first displacement from the frequency domain into a time domain; calculating a non-linear force in the time domain; calculating a frequency domain coefficient derived from the calculated non-linear force in the time domain; and calculating a second displacement of the drill string in the frequency domain using the equation of motion and the frequency domain coefficient.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 20, 2013Publication date: August 21, 2014Applicant: Baker Hughes IncorporatedInventors: Andreas Hohl, Frank Schuberth, Hanno Reckmann
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Patent number: 8811118Abstract: Pressure measurements are made using a pressure sensor in the proximity of the drillbit during drilling operations. A filtered version of the pressure measurements is provided to a pulser for a mud-pulse telemetry system so as to cancel pressure variations due to drilling noise while a telemetry signal is being sent. It is emphasized that this abstract is provided to comply with the rules requiring an abstract which will allow a searcher or other reader to quickly ascertain the subject matter of the technical disclosure. It is submitted with the understanding that it will not be used to interpret or limit the scope or meaning of the claims. 37 CFR 1.72(b).Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2007Date of Patent: August 19, 2014Assignee: Baker Hughes IncorporatedInventor: Hanno Reckmann
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Patent number: 8775085Abstract: An apparatus for estimating at least one of a dynamic motion of a portion of interest of a drill string and a static parameter associated with the portion of interest, the apparatus having: a plurality of sensors operatively associated with the drill string at at least one location other than the portion of interest; and a processing system coupled to the plurality of sensors, the processing system configured to estimate at least one of the dynamic motion and the static parameter using a measurement from the plurality of sensors as input.Type: GrantFiled: February 17, 2009Date of Patent: July 8, 2014Assignee: Baker Hughes IncorporatedInventors: Hanno Reckmann, John D. Macpherson
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Publication number: 20140151122Abstract: An apparatus for reducing vibration includes: a damping assembly configured to be fixedly attached to a downhole component, the downhole component configured to rotate within a borehole in an earth formation, the damping assembly having a damping frequency that is tuned relative to a selected natural vibration frequency of the rotating downhole component to reduce vibration due to component rotation.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 3, 2012Publication date: June 5, 2014Inventors: Suresh Venugopal, Jayesh R. Jain, Hanno Reckmann, Bernhard Meyer-Heye
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Publication number: 20140151031Abstract: An apparatus for mitigation of torsional noise effects on borehole measurements. The apparatus may include a conveyance device; a sleeve having a sensor section, the sleeve rotatably disposed on the conveyance device; a sensor having at least one component disposed on the sensor section; and a driver coupled to the conveyance device and configured to rotate at least the sleeve sensor section. The driver may rotate the sleeve sensor section independent of the conveyance device. The driver may rotate the sleeve sensor section at a preset substantially constant rotational speed. The sleeve may include at least one arm configured to selectively lock the sleeve to a surface in the borehole. The driver may rotate the sleeve sensor section during measurement by the sensor. The driver may selectively couple the sleeve.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 5, 2012Publication date: June 5, 2014Applicant: Baker Hughes IncorporatedInventors: Arcady Reiderman, Robert Estes, Fei Le, Hanno Reckmann, Christian Herbig
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Publication number: 20140138158Abstract: A method for presenting drilling information includes presenting a display including a graph having a first axis and a second axis. The first axis represents a rate of penetration (ROP) of a drill bit into a borehole and the second axis representing a mechanical specific energy (MSE) of a drilling system that includes the drill bit. The method also includes plotting time based or foot based data with a computing device for one or more drilling runs on the graph and overlaying the graph with lines of constant power.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 24, 2014Publication date: May 22, 2014Applicant: BAKER HUGHES INCORPORATEDInventors: Hatem Oueslati, Rudolf Carl Pessier, Hanno Reckmann, Bernhard Meyer-Heye, Thorsten Schwefe
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Patent number: 8554717Abstract: A method for creating a risk estimate for a tool includes creating a plurality of source patterns from tool data and maintenance data related to a plurality of tools. The method also includes creating a risk model from the plurality of source patterns, the risk model including a plurality of example stressors each having an associated risk value. The method also includes creating at least one stress pattern from tool data related to the tool and comparing the at least one stress pattern to the risk model to create a risk estimate for the tool.Type: GrantFiled: July 12, 2010Date of Patent: October 8, 2013Assignee: Baker Hughes IncorporatedInventors: Hanno Reckmann, Dustin R. Garvey