Patents by Inventor Thomas Reinecke

Thomas Reinecke 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: 20220050693
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a method, computer system, and computer program product for providing support to a user within an augmented reality environment based on an emotional state of the user is provided. The present invention may include based on data gathered from an augmented reality device, determining a step of a series of steps the user is currently performing, identifying the current emotional state of the user based at least in part on data gathered from the augmented reality device, responsive to determining that the current emotional state of the user is frustrated, performing one or more actions to reduce the frustration of the user; and responsive to determining that the current emotional state of the user is frustrated or confused, performing one or more support actions to assist the user in completing the step based on the current emotional state of the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2020
    Publication date: February 17, 2022
    Inventors: Robin Yehle Bobbitt, Nicholas Tsang, Tammy Rose Cornell, Daniel Botero Lopez, Thomas Reinecke
  • Patent number: 10544631
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a coupling system for a top drive and a tool includes a housing of the top drive having a bore therethrough, an adapter of the tool, a latch member at least partially disposed within the housing and radially movable between an extended position and a retracted position, wherein the latch member is configured to longitudinally couple the housing to the adapter, and a lock member at least partially disposed within the housing and longitudinally movable relative to the housing, wherein the lock member is configured to move the latch member between the extended and the retracted positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Assignee: WEATHERFORD TECHNOLOGY HOLDINGS, LLC
    Inventor: Thomas Reinecke
  • Publication number: 20180363386
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a coupling system for a top drive and a tool includes a housing of the top drive having a bore therethrough, an adapter of the tool, a latch member at least partially disposed within the housing and radially movable between an extended position and a retracted position, wherein the latch member is configured to longitudinally couple the housing to the adapter, and a lock member at least partially disposed within the housing and longitudinally movable relative to the housing, wherein the lock member is configured to move the latch member between the extended and the retracted positions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2017
    Publication date: December 20, 2018
    Inventors: Norbert Metzlaff, Thomas Reinecke
  • Patent number: 10145186
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure generally relate to an insert in a clamping device or gripping apparatus. The insert may include a gripping element having an elongated body and a plurality of contact features, a first member formed from a hard material, wherein the first member contacts the gripping element in one or more locations, and a second member formed from an elastic material, wherein the second member contacts the gripping element along the elongated body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: Weatherford Technology Holdings, LLC
    Inventors: Ernst Fuehring, Thomas Reinecke, Bjoern Thiemann
  • Publication number: 20180135361
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure generally relate to an insert in a clamping device or gripping apparatus. The insert may include a gripping element having an elongated body and a plurality of contact features, a first member formed from a hard material, wherein the first member contacts the gripping element in one or more locations, and a second member formed from an elastic material, wherein the second member contacts the gripping element along the elongated body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2016
    Publication date: May 17, 2018
    Inventors: Ernst FUEHRING, Thomas REINECKE, Bjoern THIEMANN
  • Publication number: 20050092336
    Abstract: Particles of non-smokable material are segregated from a flow of a mixture of smokable and non-smokable materials by subjecting the flow to a first segregating treatment which divides the flow into a first stream consisting practically exclusively of smokable material, and a second stream constituting a relatively small percentage of the flow and containing substantially all of the non-smokable material and the remnant of smokable material. The second stream is treated for a second time, preferably at the discharge end of a pneumatic conveyor system including at least one conduit, to segregate the non-smokable material from the remnant of smokable material which latter can be admitted to the first stream. The segregating device which divides the flow into the first and second streams is or can be utilized to treat the second stream, i.e., to segregate smokable material of the second stream from the non-smokable material of the second stream.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2004
    Publication date: May 5, 2005
    Applicant: Hauni Maschinenbau Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Dietmar Zielke, Harry Drewes, Frank Schuster, Markus Kleinfeld, Thomas Reinecke