Patents by Inventor Jason Unzelman-Langsdorf

Jason Unzelman-Langsdorf 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).

  • Methods and Apparatus for Mechanical and Thermal Drilling
    Publication number: 20130264118
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for excavation of a borehole in a geological formation are provided. Such methods may include providing a thermal system capable of providing substantially hot fluid, and comprising at least one jet nozzle, providing a mechanical drilling system comprising a drill bit, directing the substantially hot fluid through the jet nozzle towards the geological formation causing an altered portion of geological formation to form, and removing the altered portion using the drill bit, thereby creating cuttings and producing a borehole in the geological formation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2012
    Publication date: October 10, 2013
    Inventors: Thomas W. Wideman, Jared M. Potter, Donald S. Dreesen, Robert M. Potter, Jason Unzelman-Langsdorf
  • Methods and Apparatus for Mechanical and Thermal Drilling
    Publication number: 20100218993
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for excavation of a borehole in a geological formation are provided. Such methods may include providing a thermal system capable of providing substantially hot fluid, and comprising at least one jet nozzle, providing a mechanical drilling system comprising a drill bit, directing the substantially hot fluid through the jet nozzle towards the geological formation causing an altered portion of geological formation to form, and removing the altered portion using the drill bit, thereby creating cuttings and producing a borehole in the geological formation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2009
    Publication date: September 2, 2010
    Inventors: Thomas W. Wideman, Jared M. Potter, Donald S. Dreesen, Robert M. Potter, Jason Unzelman-Langsdorf