Patents by Inventor Waldemar ENGEL

Waldemar ENGEL 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: 20230175360
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a perforating gun tube, characterized in that the tube is made of a steel alloy comprising, in addition to iron, the following alloying elements, expressed in mass percent: C 0.12-0.22% Si 0.3-1.0% Mn 1.0 - 4% Cr 0.5 - 2% Mo 0.1 -1%, V 0.05 -0.2% Ti 0.02 - 0.1% and B 0.001 - 0.01% and impurities due to melting, and that the tube has a yield strength, RP0,2 , in the range of 750 to 1100 MPa. In addition, a perforating gun having such a perforating gun tube is described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2022
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Inventors: Waldemar Engel, Leonhard Rose, Christopher Halfpap
  • Publication number: 20210189516
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a tube product, namely a perforating gun hollow carrier, consisting of a steel alloy with martensitic matrix, characterized in that it has a yield strength Rp0,2 of at least 900 MPa, and that the steel alloy besides iron and impurities caused by melting has the following alloying elements: C 0.15-0.6% Si 1.4-2.6% Cr 2.0-4.0% Mn 0.15-2.0% Mo 0.2-0.6% N<0015% and at least one of the alloying elements Nb, V and Ti in sum of ?0.01% and the tube product has been subjected to a quenching and partitioning heat treatment. Furthermore, the invention relates to a method of manufacturing such a tube product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2019
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Inventors: Jozef Balun, Waldemar Engel, Niko Grosse-Heilmann, Michael Kaufmann, Nathalie Weiss-Borkowski
  • Patent number: 10435998
    Abstract: An outer tube for a perforating gun is provided that includes an inner wall and an outer wall and also a wall thickness (D) and a length (L), wherein the outer tube has a hardness over its entire longitudinal extent along the length (L) and its transverse extent along the wall thickness (D), wherein the hardness of the outer tube is reduced, in at least one region, to an extent (T) measured from the outer wall to the inner wall, wherein, in this region, the outer tube has a reduced hardness (HV) on its outer wall, said reduced hardness being reduced in this region by at least 5% in relation to the hardness (H) of the inner wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: Benteler Steel/Tube GmbH
    Inventors: Jozef Balun, Waldemar Engel
  • Publication number: 20180179865
    Abstract: An outer tube for a perforating gun is provided that includes an inner wall and an outer wall and also a wall thickness (D) and a length (L), wherein the outer tube has a hardness over its entire longitudinal extent along the length (L) and its transverse extent along the wall thickness (D), wherein the hardness of the outer tube is reduced, in at least one region, to an extent (T) measured from the outer wall to the inner wall, wherein, in this region, the outer tube has a reduced hardness (HV) on its outer wall, said reduced hardness being reduced in this region by at least 5% in relation to the hardness (H) of the inner wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2018
    Publication date: June 28, 2018
    Inventors: Jozef BALUN, Waldemar ENGEL
  • Patent number: 9896915
    Abstract: An outer tube for a perforating gun is provided that includes an inner wall and an outer wall and also a wall thickness (D) and a length (L), wherein the outer tube has a hardness over its entire longitudinal extent along the length (L) and its transverse extent along the wall thickness (D), wherein the hardness of the outer tube is reduced, in at least one region, to an extent (T) measured from the outer wall to the inner wall, wherein, in this region, the outer tube has a reduced hardness (HV) on its outer wall, said reduced hardness being reduced in this region by at least 5% in relation to the hardness (H) of the inner wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2018
    Assignee: Benteler Steel/Tube GmbH
    Inventors: Jozef Balun, Waldemar Engel
  • Publication number: 20170306728
    Abstract: An outer tube for a perforating gun is provided that includes an inner wall and an outer wall and also a wall thickness (D) and a length (L), wherein the outer tube has a hardness over its entire longitudinal extent along the length (L) and its transverse extent along the wall thickness (D), wherein the hardness of the outer tube is reduced, in at least one region, to an extent (T) measured from the outer wall to the inner wall, wherein, in this region, the outer tube has a reduced hardness (HV) on its outer wall, said reduced hardness being reduced in this region by at least 5% in relation to the hardness (H) of the inner wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2016
    Publication date: October 26, 2017
    Inventors: Jozef BALUN, Waldemar ENGEL