Patents by Inventor Michael Kopp

Michael Kopp 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).

  • Publication number: 20150000957
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method and assembly for providing tension to a transmission line in a pipe. The method includes inserting a transmission line into a transmission line channel of a pipe. The transmission line has a first end and a second end, the transmission line being inserted into a first end of the pipe second-end-first. The transmission line has a first tension-load-supporting mechanism attached to the first end of the transmission line. The method includes applying a first level of tension to the transmission line in the pipe and applying a second tension-load-supporting mechanism to the second end of the transmission line while the first level of tension is applied to the transmission line. The method further includes removing the first level of tension from the transmission line to maintain a second level of tension along the transmission line between the first and second tension-load-supporting mechanisms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2013
    Publication date: January 1, 2015
    Inventors: Michael Koppe, Stephan Mueller, Ingo Roders, Rene Schulz, Henning Rahn, Robert Buda, Detlev Benedict, Julia Reisewitz, Helmut Floerke
  • Patent number: 8689905
    Abstract: An apparatus for use in a wellbore is provided, which in one embodiment includes a drilling motor and a steering unit placed about a shaft between a lower section of a stator in the motor and a drill bit. The steering unit includes a substantially non-rotating member and a force application member on the non-rotating member configured to radially extend the force application member from the non-rotating member. In another embodiment, the steering unit may include, rotating member configured to rotate a drill bit, a steering member configured to orient the drill bit along a selected direction, a first steering device configured to orient the steering member in the wellbore, and a second steering device configured to maintain orientation of the steering member when drilling the wellbore.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2014
    Assignee: Baker Hughes Incorporated
    Inventors: Sven Krueger, Michael Koppe, Bernd Santelmann, Thomas Kelch, Niko Spreckelmeyer, Olof Hummes
  • Patent number: 8567524
    Abstract: A drilling assembly is disclosed that in one embodiment includes a bi-directional wireless data transfer device between a rotating and a non-rotating member of the drilling assembly. Power may be supplied to the rotating member via any suitable method, including an inductive device and direct electrical connections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2013
    Assignee: Baker Hughes Incorporated
    Inventors: Michell Schimanski, Michael Koppe, Olof Hummes
  • Publication number: 20130213129
    Abstract: An apparatus for measuring strain on a downhole component includes: at least one strain sensitive device disposed proximate to a surface of a component of a drilling assembly or disposed within a material forming the component; and a processor in operable communication with the at least one strain sensitive device, the processor configured to detect changes in the at least one strain sensitive device and detect at least one of erosion, crack formation and crack propagation in the component surface. An apparatus for measuring strain on a downhole component includes: at least one strain gauge deposited on a surface of a drive shaft or disposed within a material forming the drive shaft; and a processor in operable communication with the at least one strain gauge, the processor configured to detect changes in the at least one strain gauge and detect conditions affecting operation of the drive shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2012
    Publication date: August 22, 2013
    Applicant: BAKER HUGHES INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Sunil Kumar, Hendrik John, Harald Grimmer, Thomas Kruspe, Andreas Peter, Michael Koppe
  • Patent number: 8439241
    Abstract: The invention is based on the object of improving the detachment of portions of a glass rod to the extent that a very planar, uniform fracture surface is produced. For this purpose, an apparatus according to the invention for detaching portions of glass rods comprises a device for the parallel holding and lateral fixing of a number of glass rods, a scoring wheel holder with a scoring wheel rotatably mounted parallel to the axis of the glass rods, at least one pressing spring for pressing the scoring wheel and the glass rods against one another, a device for guiding the glass rods and the scoring wheel past one another in a direction perpendicular to the axis of the glass rods, a holddown means for pressing against the glass rods, a breaking bar and a breaking beam, the breaking bar being arranged opposite, between the holddown means and the breaking beam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2013
    Assignee: Schott AG
    Inventors: Albert Stangl, Johann Piegendorfer, Martin Zöttl, Michael Kopp
  • Publication number: 20130092441
    Abstract: A method, apparatus and computer-readable medium for reducing a vibration of a drill string in a borehole. A sensor of the drill string obtains one or more measurements of a parameter of the vibration. A processor determines at least one force for controlling the measured vibration from the measured parameter. At least one actuator applies the determined at least one force against the borehole wall to control the vibration of the drill string.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2012
    Publication date: April 18, 2013
    Applicant: BAKER HUGHES INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Olof Hummes, Matthias Meister, Sven Krueger, Bernd Santelmann, Michael Koppe
  • Publication number: 20120031677
    Abstract: A directional drilling apparatus include a first cutter that substantially cuts a wellbore bottom along a first axis and a second cutter that cuts the wellbore bottom along a second axis different from the first axis. The second cutter may extend an adjustable amount out of the first cutter. In another embodiment, a pilot string may connect the second cutter to the first cutter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2011
    Publication date: February 9, 2012
    Applicant: BAKER HUGHES INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Philip Christof Schulte, Hans Robert Oppelaar, Michael Koppe
  • Publication number: 20120018225
    Abstract: A wellbore is formed by using an apparatus that may include a shaft having an end portion, a drill bit body tiltable about the end portion, and at least one actuator configured to apply a tilting force to the drill bit body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2011
    Publication date: January 26, 2012
    Applicant: BAKER HUGHES INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Andreas Peter, Johannes Witte, Michael Koppe, Joachim Treviranus
  • Publication number: 20110147086
    Abstract: An apparatus to be conveyed into a wellbore is provided, wherein the apparatus includes a housing configured to be conveyed downhole and a drive member located in the housing. The apparatus further includes a drive unit configured to actuate movement of the drive member by selectively coupling to the drive member, wherein the coupling of the device to the drive member is controlled by applying an energy to a selected material in the device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2010
    Publication date: June 23, 2011
    Applicant: BAKER HUGHES INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Olof Hummes, Michael Koppe, Volker Krueger, Sven Krueger, Matthias Meister
  • Publication number: 20110120775
    Abstract: An apparatus for use in a wellbore is provided, which in one embodiment includes a drilling motor and a steering unit placed about a shaft between a lower section of a stator in the motor and a drill bit. The steering unit includes a substantially non-rotating member and a force application member on the non-rotating member configured to radially extend the force application member from the non-rotating member. In another embodiment, the steering unit may include, rotating member configured to rotate a drill bit, a steering member configured to orient the drill bit along a selected direction, a first steering device configured to orient the steering member in the wellbore, and a second steering device configured to maintain orientation of the steering member when drilling the wellbore.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2010
    Publication date: May 26, 2011
    Applicant: BAKER HUGHES INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Sven Krueger, Michael Koppe, Bernd Santelmann, Thomas Kelch, Niko Spreckelmeyer, Olof Hummes
  • Publication number: 20100322030
    Abstract: A downhole tool starts recording seismic energy. During the recording time, a surface seismic source is activated a specified number of times with a nominally defined separation between successive. The downhole sensor receives seismic waves resulting from the activation, but the time of the shooting sequence is not known downhole. The recorded data stream is processed and converted in real-time into seismic traces. A predefined number of traces are stacked and the quality of this sliding stack is used to detect time of the shooting sequence. The method could be used to detect one or several shooting sequences during a measurement window.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2010
    Publication date: December 23, 2010
    Applicant: Baker Hughes Incorporated
    Inventors: Radu Coman, Michael Neubert, Holger Mathiszik, Michael Koppe
  • Publication number: 20100200295
    Abstract: A drilling assembly is disclosed that in one embodiment includes a bi-directional wireless data transfer device between a rotating and a non-rotating member of the drilling assembly. Power may be supplied to the rotating member via any suitable method, including an inductive device and direct electrical connections.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2010
    Publication date: August 12, 2010
    Applicant: BAKER HUGHES INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Michell Schimanski, Michael Koppe, Olof Hummes
  • Publication number: 20100170673
    Abstract: A system for monitoring and controlling fluid flow through a borehole in an earth formation is disclosed. The system includes: a downhole tool configured to be movable within the borehole; and a plurality of interchangeable modules disposed within the downhole tool, the plurality of interchangeable modules including at least a sensor module for detecting a property change in the borehole and a packer module for sealing a portion of the borehole in response to the property change. Each of the plurality of interchangeable modules includes a connection configuration, the connection configuration of one of the modules being removably engageable with at least another of the modules. A method of monitoring and controlling fluid flow through a borehole in an earth formation is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2009
    Publication date: July 8, 2010
    Applicant: BAKER HUGHES INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Sven Krueger, Harald Grimmer, Michael Koppe
  • Publication number: 20090250225
    Abstract: A system for performing a task in a borehole, the system including: a downhole tool configured for disposition into the borehole, the downhole tool also configured to perform the task; a processing unit disposed remote to the downhole tool, the processing unit configured for initiating a command signal; and a broadband communication system for coupling the downhole tool and the processing unit, the broadband communication system configured to transmit the command signal to the downhole tool to perform the task.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2008
    Publication date: October 8, 2009
    Applicant: BAKER HUGHES INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Ralf Zaeper, John D. Macpherson, Michael Koppe, Gerald Heisig
  • Publication number: 20080006669
    Abstract: The invention is based on the object of improving the detachment of portions of a glass rod to the extent that a very planar, uniform fracture surface is produced. For this purpose, an apparatus according to the invention for detaching portions of glass rods comprises a device for the parallel holding and lateral fixing of a number of glass rods, a scoring wheel holder with a scoring wheel rotatably mounted parallel to the axis of the glass rods, at least one pressing spring for pressing the scoring wheel and the glass rods against one another, a device for guiding the glass rods and the scoring wheel past one another in a direction perpendicular to the axis of the glass rods, a holddown means for pressing against the glass rods, a breaking bar and a breaking beam, the breaking bar being arranged opposite, between the holddown means and the breaking beam.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2007
    Publication date: January 10, 2008
    Applicant: SCHOTT AG
    Inventors: Albert Stangl, Johann Piegendorfer, Martin Zöttl, Michael Kopp