Patents by Inventor Tobias Engels

Tobias Engels 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: 20250188805
    Abstract: The invention relates to an expanding drill device for expanding a pilot bore produced from a starting point to a target point in the ground along a specified drilling line by moving the expanding drill device (10) along the specified drilling line in order to produce a bore in the ground or in rock for introducing a pipeline or a supporting system into the expanded bore, comprising: a housing (11); a drill head (14) that has a cutting wheel (15) which is arranged on the drill side (21) of the expanding drill device (10) so as to be rotatably mounted and driven about a rotational axis and relative to the housing and on which at least one drill tool (16) for loosening the ground or the rock is arranged; and a drill-side connection for producing a connection to a pipe section located in the pilot bore on the drill side, wherein the drill side (21) centrally has at least one receiving chamber (24) for the loosened ground or the loosened rock, said receiving chamber being connected to a material conveyor device o
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2022
    Publication date: June 12, 2025
    Inventors: Lutz ZUR LINDE, Tobias ENGEL
  • Patent number: 11913579
    Abstract: A conveying device for use in the field of plastics has a frame and a weighing cell connected to the frame. A separating unit is suspended from the weighing cell. A first coupling is connected to the frame and connects a vacuum source to the separating unit. A second coupling is connected to the frame and connects a conveying line for goods to be conveyed to the separating unit. At least one of the first coupling and the second coupling has a first coupling part connected to the separating unit and a second coupling part connected to the frame, wherein the first and the second coupling parts do not contact each other in a region of no contact. At least one sealing element is provided to seal the region of no contact between the first and the second coupling parts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Motan Holding GmbH
    Inventors: Karl-Martin Wolfgang, Tobias Engel
  • Publication number: 20230405564
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a catalyst for the treatment of an exhaust gas of a diesel combustion engine, said catalyst particularly comprising a specific substrate and a coating disposed on the surface of the internal walls of said substrate, the coating particularly comprising a specific first non-zeolitic oxidic material, and a specific zeolitic material comprising Fe and Cu, wherein the catalyst exhibits a weight ratio of Fe, calculated as Fe2O3, relative to Cu, calculated as CuO, Fe2O3:CuO, of less than 0.1:1. Further, the present invention relates to a specific process for preparing said catalyst. Yet further, the present invention relates to a system comprising said catalyst and to a use thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2021
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Inventors: Matthias Peter, Tobias Guenter, Burkhard Rabe, Tobias Engels
  • Publication number: 20210108749
    Abstract: A conveying device for use in the field of plastics has a frame and a weighing cell connected to the frame. A separating unit is suspended from the weighing cell. A first coupling is connected to the frame and connects a vacuum source to the separating unit. A second coupling is connected to the frame and connects a conveying line for goods to be conveyed to the separating unit. At least one of the first coupling and the second coupling has a first coupling part connected to the separating unit and a second coupling part connected to the frame, wherein the first and the second coupling parts do not contact each other in a region of no contact. At least one sealing element is provided to seal the region of no contact between the first and the second coupling parts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2020
    Publication date: April 15, 2021
    Inventors: Karl-Martin Wolfgang, Tobias Engel
  • Patent number: 10941624
    Abstract: A drill string element of a drill string, the drill string element configured to keep the pressure in the annular space between the drill string and the drill hole within calculated limits or to keep the pressures prevailing in the annular space or drill string as small as possible. Settled drill cuttings are brought back into the flow or settlement of the drill cuttings is prevented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: HERRENKNECHT AG
    Inventors: Tobias Gerhardt, Michael Lubberger, Tobias Engel
  • Patent number: 10734793
    Abstract: The invention relates to a system for laying underground cables or underground lines in the ground near the surface, in a borehole (102) along a laying route (101) between a start point (100) and a target point (110), comprising a boring device (10) comprising an advancing head (12) for creating the borehole (102), a drilling rod (11) and/or a casing (14), wherein the diameter of the advancing head (12) is greater than the diameter of the casing (14) or of the drilling rod (11), so that an annular space (121) is formed between the borehole wall (102) and the casing (14) or the drilling rod (11) and the annular space (121) is provided with lubrication and wherein the advancing head (12) relates to a displacement drilling head (15, 16, 41) or a drilling head system (18) comprising a drilling tool (19) and a drilling tool drive (22) for loosening the ground.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: Herrenknecht AG
    Inventors: Marc Peters, Tobias Engel, Tobias Gerhardt, Steffen Praetorius
  • Patent number: 10230741
    Abstract: A method is provided for securing a Signalling System No. 7 interface, SS7 interface, of a system, via which access to a local mobile radiocommunications network is carried out, in relation to an external system. The method protects the SS7 network access points of telecommunication providers from SS7/MAP attacks by detecting and filtering these attacks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2019
    Assignee: GSMK GESELLSCHAFT FUER SICHERE MOBILE KOMMUNIKATION MBH
    Inventors: Tobias Engel, Holger Freyther
  • Publication number: 20180269664
    Abstract: The invention relates to a system for laying underground cables or underground lines in the ground near the surface, in a borehole (102) along a laying route (101) between a start point (100) and a target point (110), comprising a boring device (10) comprising an advancing head (12) for creating the borehole (102), a drilling rod (11) and/or a casing (14), wherein the diameter of the advancing head (12) is greater than the diameter of the casing (14) or of the drilling rod (11), so that an annular space (121) is formed between the borehole wall (102) and the casing (14) or the drilling rod (11) and the annular space (121) is provided with lubrication and wherein the advancing head (12) relates to a displacement drilling head (15, 16, 41) or a drilling head system (18) comprising a drilling tool (19) and a drilling tool drive (22) for loosening the ground.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2016
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Inventors: Marc PETERS, Tobias ENGEL, Tobias GERHARDT, Steffen PRAETORIUS
  • Publication number: 20180245413
    Abstract: Drill string element for installing in a drill string, in particular for horizontal or slant directional drilling (HDD or SDD), for the creation of a drill hole (100) along a drill path, in particular for laying a pipeline, comprising a tubular main body (11) having bilateral connecting elements (13, 15) for connecting the drill string element (10) to the drill string, wherein the drill string element (10) has an interior (22) through which a flushing medium for the flushing of the drill hole (100) and the evacuation of drill cuttings loosened by a drill head connected to the drill string is transportable, comprising at least one opening (23), connected to the interior (22), in a wall (16) of the main body (11), through which at least a part of the flushing medium flowing through the interior makes its way into an annular space (102) between drill hole wall (103) and main body (11), characterized in that on the outer wall (16), over the opening (23), is arranged at least one body (17), in which is disposed, a
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2016
    Publication date: August 30, 2018
    Inventors: Tobias GERHARDT, Michael LUBBERGER, Tobias ENGEL
  • Publication number: 20160156647
    Abstract: A method is provided for securing a Signalling System No. 7 interface, SS7 interface, of a system, via which access to a local mobile radiocommunications network is carried out, in relation to an external system. The method protects the SS7 network access points of telecommunication providers from SS7/MAP attacks by detecting and filtering these attacks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2015
    Publication date: June 2, 2016
    Inventors: Tobias Engel, Holger Freyther