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Klaus Tank
Also filed as: TANK KLAUS
46 granted patents·14 pending applications·2,688 citations·filing 1985–2017
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60 records- 0198US4880154ABrazingTANK KLAUS·Filed 1987·Granted Nov 14, 1989·153 cites·4 claims
- 0297US5368398ADiamond bearing assemblyCSIR·Filed 1993·Granted Nov 29, 1994·329 cites·16 claims
- 0396US5364192ADiamond bearing assemblyDAMM OLIVER F R A·Filed 1993·Granted Nov 15, 1994·377 cites·17 claims
- 0495US8469121B2Polycrystalline diamond abrasive elementsLANCASTER BRETT·Filed 2011·Granted Jun 25, 2013·27 cites·26 claims
- 0595US5505748AMethod of making an abrasive compactFiled 1994·Granted Apr 9, 1996·214 cites·12 claims
- 0694US5560716ABearing assemblyFiled 1995·Granted Oct 1, 1996·206 cites·4 claims
- 0793US5468268AMethod of making an abrasive compactFiled 1994·Granted Nov 21, 1995·167 cites·11 claims
- 0893US5232320ACutting insert for a rotary cutting toolTANK KLAUS·Filed 1991·Granted Aug 3, 1993·70 cites·9 claims
- 0992US5176720AComposite abrasive compactsMARTELL TREVOR J·Filed 1990·Granted Jan 5, 1993·138 cites·10 claims
- 1091US6270548B1Sintering process for diamond and diamond growthFiled 1998·Granted Aug 7, 2001·83 cites·27 claims
- 1191US4997049ATool insertTANK KLAUS·Filed 1989·Granted Mar 5, 1991·111 cites·12 claims
- 1288US5472376ATool componentFiled 1993·Granted Dec 5, 1995·76 cites·9 claims
- 1387US7575805B2Polycrystalline diamond abrasive elementsACHILLES ROY DERRICK·Filed 2004·Granted Aug 18, 2009·51 cites·18 claims
- 1487US5248317AMethod of producing a composite diamond abrasive compactTANK KLAUS·Filed 1991·Granted Sep 28, 1993·68 cites·9 claims
- 1584US5370717ATool insertFiled 1993·Granted Dec 6, 1994·64 cites·8 claims
- 1683US8020642B2Polycrystalline diamond abrasive elementsLANCASTER BRETT·Filed 2004·Granted Sep 20, 2011·21 cites·26 claims
- 1783US7074247B2Method of making a composite abrasive compactTANK KLAUS·Filed 2001·Granted Jul 11, 2006·38 cites·16 claims
- 1883USD502952SSubstrate for manufacturing cutting elementsFiled 2003·Granted Mar 15, 2005·30 cites·1 claims
- 1982US8834026B2Bearings for downhole tools, downhole tools incorporating such bearings, and methods of cooling such bearingsFLORES ALEJANDRO·Filed 2011·Granted Sep 16, 2014·7 cites·13 claims
- 2081US4733987ASpring clipTOMLINSON PETER N·Filed 1987·Granted Mar 29, 1988·50 cites·2 claims
- 2179US6620375B1Diamond compactFiled 1999·Granted Sep 16, 2003·47 cites·7 claims
- 2279US5299471ACutting insert for a rotary cutting toolTANK KLAUS·Filed 1993·Granted Apr 5, 1994·34 cites·4 claims
- 2377US4902073ACutter pick for mining using hydraulic streamTOMLINSON PETER N·Filed 1988·Granted Feb 20, 1990·40 cites·6 claims
- 2475US5377659AWire sawFiled 1993·Granted Jan 3, 1995·32 cites·8 claims
- 2572US8206474B2Abrasive compactsTANK KLAUS·Filed 2007·Granted Jun 26, 2012·4 cites·6 claims
- 2670US6821188B2Diamond compactFiled 2003·Granted Nov 23, 2004·11 cites·15 claims
- 2765US5161335AAbrasive bodyDE BEERS IND DIAMOND·Filed 1990·Granted Nov 10, 1992·29 cites·17 claims
- 2862US6283844B1Tool componentFiled 1996·Granted Sep 4, 2001·20 cites·12 claims
- 2961US9290997B2Downhole tools including bearings and methods of forming sameBAKER HUGHES INC·Filed 2014·Granted Mar 22, 2016·1 cites·18 claims
- 3061US4787466ACutting componentTOMLINSON PETER N·Filed 1987·Granted Nov 29, 1988·29 cites·2 claims
- 3161US4679858AMining machine cutter pick insertDE BEERS IND DIAMOND·Filed 1985·Granted Jul 14, 1987·29 cites·7 claims
- 3261US2008314214A1Composite diamond compactsTANK KLAUS·Filed 2008·Application pending·0 cites
- 3358US2007130838A1Composite diamond compactsTANK KLAUS·Filed 2007·Application pending·0 cites
- 3456US2006137257A1Composite diamond compactsTANK KLAUS·Filed 2006·Application pending·0 cites
- 3555US7594553B2Composite tool insertTANK KLAUS·Filed 2003·Granted Sep 29, 2009·17 cites·4 claims
- 3655US5590727ATool componentFiled 1995·Granted Jan 7, 1997·37 cites·12 claims
- 3754US4941891ATool componentTANK KLAUS·Filed 1988·Granted Jul 17, 1990·12 cites·15 claims
- 3854US2005155295A1Composite diamond compactsDE BEERS IND DIAMOND·Filed 2005·Application pending·0 cites
- 3954US2017167260A1Wear partELEMENT SIX ABRASIVES SA·Filed 2017·Application pending·0 cites
- 4053US2010275523A1Abrasive compactsTANK KLAUS·Filed 2008·Application pending·0 cites
- 4150US5484096AMethod of bonding two bodies together by brazingFiled 1994·Granted Jan 16, 1996·12 cites·14 claims
- 4249US8172011B2Cutting elementTANK KLAUS·Filed 2008·Granted May 8, 2012·1 cites·14 claims
- 4348US2013199693A1Wear partTANK KLAUS·Filed 2011·Application pending·0 cites
- 4445US5498480AComposite diamond abrasive compactFiled 1994·Granted Mar 12, 1996·11 cites·7 claims
- 4545US2004010977A1Composite diamond compactsFiled 2001·Application pending·0 cites
- 4641US2007186483A1Composite abrasive compactTANK KLAUS·Filed 2007·Application pending·0 cites
- 4741US2005039408A1Method of making a tool componentFiled 2003·Application pending·0 cites
- 4838US6182533B1Method of making a drill blankFiled 1998·Granted Feb 6, 2001·5 cites·36 claims
- 4937US4730765AMethod of bonding by use of a phosphorus containing coatingTOMLINSON PETER N·Filed 1985·Granted Mar 15, 1988·6 cites·11 claims
- 5037US2006249308A1Cutting elementTANK KLAUS·Filed 2004·Application pending·0 cites
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