Patents by Inventor Hermann Basler
Hermann Basler 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: 20230407862Abstract: A long-stroke pumping unit includes a tower; a counterweight assembly movable along the tower; a crown mounted atop the tower; a sprocket supported by the crown and rotatable relative thereto; and a belt. The unit further includes a motor having a stator mounted to the crown and a rotor torsionally connected to the sprocket; and a sensor for detecting position of the counterweight assembly. The pumping unit may include a dynamic control system for controlling a speed of a motor.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 6, 2023Publication date: December 21, 2023Inventors: Clark E. ROBISON, Jeffrey John LEMBCKE, Victoria M. PONS, William Kevin HALL, John Edward STACHOWIAK, JR., Benson THOMAS, Sean M. CHRISTIAN, Bryan A. PAULET, Hermann BASLER
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Patent number: 11781543Abstract: A long-stroke pumping unit includes a tower; a counterweight assembly movable along the tower; a crown mounted atop the tower; a sprocket supported by the crown and rotatable relative thereto; and a belt. The unit further includes a motor having a stator mounted to the crown and a rotor torsionally connected to the sprocket; and a sensor for detecting position of the counterweight assembly. The pumping unit may include a dynamic control system for controlling a speed of a motor.Type: GrantFiled: November 24, 2020Date of Patent: October 10, 2023Assignee: WEATHERFORD TECHNOLOGY HOLDINGS, LLCInventors: Clark E. Robison, Jeffrey John Lembcke, Victoria M. Pons, William Kevin Hall, John Edward Stachowiak, Jr., Benson Thomas, Sean M. Christian, Bryan A. Paulet, Hermann Basler
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Publication number: 20230265844Abstract: A long-stroke pumping unit includes a tower; a counterweight assembly movable along the tower; a crown mounted atop the tower; a sprocket supported by the crown and rotatable relative thereto; and a belt. The unit further includes a motor having a stator mounted to the crown and a rotor torsionally connected to the sprocket; and a sensor for detecting position of the counterweight assembly. The pumping unit may include a dynamic control system for controlling a speed of a motor.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 24, 2020Publication date: August 24, 2023Inventors: Clark E. ROBISON, Jeffrey John LEMBCKE, Victoria M. PONS, William Kevin HALL, John Edward STACHOWIAK, Jr., Benson THOMAS, Sean M. CHRISTIAN, Bryan A. PAULET, Hermann BASLER
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Patent number: 11280140Abstract: A gripper assembly for handling continuous rod. The gripper assembly may include a gripper face with a gripper profile forming a surface in the gripper face and a texture on a portion of the surface. The texture has a plurality of ridges having a yield strength sufficient to transfer a shear force to the gripper assembly at least as large as a weight of a continuous rod.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 2019Date of Patent: March 22, 2022Assignee: Weatherford Technology Holdings, LLCInventor: Hermann Basler
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Publication number: 20210254616Abstract: A long-stroke pumping unit includes a tower; a counterweight assembly movable along the tower; a crown mounted atop the tower; a sprocket supported by the crown and rotatable relative thereto; and a belt. The unit further includes a motor having a stator mounted to the crown and a rotor torsionally connected to the sprocket; and a sensor for detecting position of the counterweight assembly. The pumping unit may include a dynamic control system for controlling a speed of a motor.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 24, 2020Publication date: August 19, 2021Inventors: Clark E. ROBISON, Jeffrey John LEMBCKE, Victoria M. PONS, William Kevin HALL, John Edward STACHOWIAK, Jr., Benson THOMAS, Sean M. CHRISTIAN, Bryan A. PAULET, Hermann BASLER
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Patent number: 10844852Abstract: A long-stroke pumping unit includes a tower, a counterweight assembly movable along the tower, and a crown mounted atop the tower. A sprocket is supported by the crown and rotatable relative thereto. The counterweight is coupled to a belt. The pumping unit further includes a motor having a stator mounted to the crown and a rotor torsionally connected to the sprocket. A sensor is used to detect a position of the counterweight assembly. The pumping unit may include a dynamic control system for controlling a speed of a motor.Type: GrantFiled: October 26, 2018Date of Patent: November 24, 2020Assignee: WEATHERFORD TECHNOLOGY HOLDINGS, LLCInventors: Clark E. Robison, Jeffrey John Lembcke, Victoria M. Pons, William Kevin Hall, John Edward Stachowiak, Jr., Benson Thomas, Sean M. Christian, Bryan A. Paulet, Hermann Basler
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Publication number: 20200003016Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a gripper assembly for handling continuous rod. The gripper assembly may include a gripper face with a gripper profile forming a surface in the gripper face and a texture on a portion of the surface. The texture has a plurality of ridges having a yield strength sufficient to transfer a shear force to the gripper assembly at least as large as a weight of a continuous rod.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 26, 2019Publication date: January 2, 2020Inventor: Hermann BASLER
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Patent number: 10392875Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a gripper assembly for handling continuous rod. The gripper assembly may include a gripper face with a gripper profile forming a surface in the gripper face and a texture on a portion of the surface. The texture has a plurality of ridges having a yield strength sufficient to transfer a shear force to the gripper assembly at least as large as a weight of a continuous rod.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2016Date of Patent: August 27, 2019Assignee: WEATHERFORD TECHNOLOGY HOLDINGS, LLCInventor: Hermann Basler
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Publication number: 20190063426Abstract: A long-stroke pumping unit includes a tower; a counterweight assembly movable along the tower; a crown mounted atop the tower; a sprocket supported by the crown and rotatable relative thereto; and a belt. The unit further includes a motor having a stator mounted to the crown and a rotor torsionally connected to the sprocket; and a sensor for detecting position of the counterweight assembly. The pumping unit may include a dynamic control system for controlling a speed of a motor.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 26, 2018Publication date: February 28, 2019Inventors: Clark E. ROBISON, Jeffrey John LEMBCKE, Victoria M. PONS, William Kevin HALL, John Edward STACHOWIAK, JR., Benson THOMAS, Sean M. CHRISTIAN, Bryan A. PAULET, Hermann BASLER
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Patent number: 10113544Abstract: A long-stroke pumping unit for driving rod includes a tower and a counterweight assembly movable along the tower. A crown is mounted atop the tower, and a sprocket is supported by the crown and rotatable relative to the crown. A belt connects the counterweight assembly to the rod. The unit further includes a motor having a stator mounted to the crown and a rotor torsionally connected to the sprocket. A sensor is used to detect a position of the counterweight assembly. The pumping unit may include a dynamic control system for controlling a speed of a motor.Type: GrantFiled: February 23, 2016Date of Patent: October 30, 2018Assignee: WEATHERFORD TECHNOLOGY HOLDINGS, LLCInventors: Clark E. Robison, Jeffrey John Lembcke, Victoria M. Pons, William Kevin Hall, John Edward Stachowiak, Jr., Benson Thomas, Sean M. Christian, Bryan A. Paulet, Hermann Basler
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Publication number: 20180094494Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a gripper assembly for handling continuous rod. The gripper assembly may include a gripper face with a gripper profile forming a surface in the gripper face and a texture on a portion of the surface. The texture has a plurality of ridges having a yield strength sufficient to transfer a shear force to the gripper assembly at least as large as a weight of a continuous rod.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2016Publication date: April 5, 2018Inventor: Hermann BASLER
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Patent number: 9873366Abstract: A transport system has a dedicated trailer for transporting a small transport reel (i.e., <18-ft in diameter) of continuous rod to the field. The trailer has a pedestal that can pivot the reel. A hub motor on the pedestal can turn the reel, and a transfer unit and rod bender on the trailer can curve or straighten the rod when being fed into or out of the reel. A power and hydraulic system operates the various hydraulic components on the trailer. In other aspects, the transport system includes stands that can hold the small transport reels on a trailer within a defined transport envelope. When empty, these stands can be stacked on top of one another on the trailer for return to a facility.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2014Date of Patent: January 23, 2018Assignee: Weatherford Technology Holdings, LLCInventors: Hermann Basler, Jonathan Paul Penner
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Patent number: 9637038Abstract: A transport system has a dedicated trailer for transporting a small transport reel (i.e., <18-ft in diameter) of continuous rod to the field. The trailer has a pedestal that can pivot the reel. A hub motor on the pedestal can turn the reel, and a transfer unit and rod bender on the trailer can curve or straighten the rod when being fed into or out of the reel. A power and hydraulic system operates the various hydraulic components on the trailer. In other aspects, the transport system includes stands that can hold the small transport reels on a trailer within a defined transport envelope. When empty, these stands can be stacked on top of one another on the trailer for return to a facility.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2014Date of Patent: May 2, 2017Assignee: Weatherford Technology Holdings, LLCInventors: Hermann Basler, Jonathan Paul Penner
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Publication number: 20160245276Abstract: A long-stroke pumping unit includes a tower; a counterweight assembly movable along the tower; a crown mounted atop the tower; a sprocket supported by the crown and rotatable relative thereto; and a belt. The unit further includes a motor having a stator mounted to the crown and a rotor torsionally connected to the sprocket; and a sensor for detecting position of the counterweight assembly. The pumping unit may include a dynamic control system for controlling a speed of a motor.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 23, 2016Publication date: August 25, 2016Inventors: Clark E. ROBISON, Jeffrey John LEMBCKE, Victoria M. PONS, William Kevin HALL, John Edward STACHOWIAK, JR., Benson THOMAS, Sean M. CHRISTIAN, Bryan A. PAULET, Hermann BASLER
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Publication number: 20160193687Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure generally relate to apparatus and methods for connecting continuous sucker rods. Ends of two work pieces may be prepared by reducing cross sections of the ends. The two work pieces may be welded together by establishing a planar contact at the prepared ends and applying a current across the two work pieces while moving the work pieces relative to each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2015Publication date: July 7, 2016Inventors: Jason Robert Giebelhaus, Hermann Basler
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Publication number: 20150016915Abstract: A transport system has a dedicated trailer for transporting a small transport reel (i.e., <18-ft in diameter) of continuous rod to the field. The trailer has a pedestal that can pivot the reel. A hub motor on the pedestal can turn the reel, and a transfer unit and rod bender on the trailer can curve or straighten the rod when being fed into or out of the reel. A power and hydraulic system operates the various hydraulic components on the trailer. In other aspects, the transport system includes stands that can hold the small transport reels on a trailer within a defined transport envelope. When empty, these stands can be stacked on top of one another on the trailer for return to a facility.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2014Publication date: January 15, 2015Inventors: Hermann Basler, Jonathan Paul Penner
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Publication number: 20150014462Abstract: A transport system has a dedicated trailer for transporting a small transport reel (i.e., <18-ft in diameter) of continuous rod to the field. The trailer has a pedestal that can pivot the reel. A hub motor on the pedestal can turn the reel, and a transfer unit and rod bender on the trailer can curve or straighten the rod when being fed into or out of the reel. A power and hydraulic system operates the various hydraulic components on the trailer. In other aspects, the transport system includes stands that can hold the small transport reels on a trailer within a defined transport envelope. When empty, these stands can be stacked on top of one another on the trailer for return to a facility.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2014Publication date: January 15, 2015Inventors: Hermann Basler, Jonathan Paul Penner
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Patent number: 8869580Abstract: A transport system has a dedicated trailer for transporting a small transport reel (i.e., <18-ft in diameter) of continuous rod to the field. The trailer has a pedestal that can pivot the reel. A hub motor on the pedestal can turn the reel, and a transfer unit and rod bender on the trailer can curve or straighten the rod when being fed into or out of the reel. A power and hydraulic system operates the various hydraulic components on the trailer. In other aspects, the transport system includes stands that can hold the small transport reels on a trailer within a defined transport envelope. When empty, these stands can be stacked on top of one another on the trailer for return to a facility.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2010Date of Patent: October 28, 2014Assignee: Weatherford/Lamb, Inc.Inventors: Hermann Basler, Jonathan Paul Penner
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Patent number: 8864428Abstract: A continuous rod transport system has a reel with a cage and a removable hub. The cage has support members interconnected by rings to hold the rod coiled in the cage. The removable hub has extending arms that removably attach to the cage's support members. Locks on the ends of the arms can removably lock the hub to the cages. Because the hub is removable, the cage with coiled rod can be shipped separate from the hub, thereby significantly reducing the transportation weight. Preferably, the cage has a diameter of 14-ft so two cages can be held on a stand and can be transported in overseas containers. In this way, the coiled rod in the cage can be transported to various areas in less costly and time-consuming ways than currently available.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2009Date of Patent: October 21, 2014Assignee: Weatherford/Lamb, Inc.Inventors: Hermann Basler, Jonathan Paul Penner
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Patent number: 8636057Abstract: A shear coupling assembly utilizes a second coupling member, a first coupling member and a locking member which is inserted into a bore in the first coupling member to connect between the second coupling member and the first coupling member. In embodiments where a pretension is applied to the shear neck, the locking member maintains the pretension in the shear neck. The bore of the first coupling member has a profiled section which corresponds to a profiled section on the second coupling member which when mated together permit torque to be transferred for co-rotating the second coupling member with the first coupling member for use in rotary pump operations. Advantageously, the profiled portions and the shear neck are encased in the bore of the shear coupling assembly and are protected from corrosive wellbore fluids.Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 2010Date of Patent: January 28, 2014Assignee: Weatherford/Lamb, Inc.Inventors: Benny B. Wolodko, Hermann Basler, Jonathan Paul Penner