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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120103689 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING AXIAL FORCES ON A DRILL STRING DURING UNDERGROUND DRILLING An apparatus for determining the weight on a drill bit and axial forces along a drill string drilling though an earthen formation. The apparatus comprising an LVDT incorporated into a torsional bearing of a magneto-rheological damping system such that the LVDT senses th... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120043133 | Annular Device for Radial Displacements of Interconnected Parts The invention relates to a device for generating essentially radial displacements and/or stresses of at least one mechanical part with respect to its X-X axis common with that of at least one other mechanical part functionally connected to the first one, said device com... | 02/23/2012 |
| 20110253449 | METHODS OF PRELOADING A SONIC DRILL HEAD AND METHODS OF DRILLING USING THE SAME A drill head assembly includes a shaft having a shaft axis, an oscillator assembly operatively associated with the shaft, the oscillator assembly having at least one eccentrically weighted rotor configured to rotate about a pivot point to generate an oscillating vibrato... | 10/20/2011 |
| 20110198126 | DOWNHOLE DEVICE A downhole device comprising a mandrel (21) suitable for connection to a drilling assembly (3), a housing (22) surrounding said mandrel said housing being suitable for connection to the alternate end of a drilling assembly and a compensating mechani... | 08/18/2011 |
| 20100282513 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DRILLING A HOLE IN GROUND OR ROCK MATERIAL AND FORMING A BRACE Disclosed are a method and a device for drilling, particularly percussion drilling or rotationally drilling, a hole (2) in ground or rock material and forming a brace in said hole (2). According to the invention, a borehole (2) is formed by a bit (<... | 11/11/2010 |
| 20100276198 | VARIABLE FORCE/VARIABLE FREQUENCY SONIC DRILL HEAD An oscillator assembly includes a first eccentrically weighted rotor having a first eccentric weight configured to rotate about an axis, a second eccentrically weighted rotor having a second eccentric weight configured to rotate about the axis. Rotation of the first ecc... | 11/04/2010 |
| 20100224412 | VIBRATING DOWNHOLE TOOL AND METHODS A vibrating downhole tool includes a housing having a central axis defined therethrough, an inner mandrel disposed within the housing and configured to receive a drilling fluid, wherein the inner mandrel is misaligned relative to the housing central axis, and a pluralit... | 09/09/2010 |
| 20100163309 | Sub-Surface Deployment Valve A sub surface deployment valve which is particularly suitable for use in underbalanced drilling operations which can be installed through an existing tubular string comprises a radially expandable body (1) having an internal bore and a valve element (2) capable o... | 07/01/2010 |
| 20100089646 | SONIC DRILL HEAD A drill head assembly includes a shaft having a shaft axis, an oscillator assembly operatively associated with the shaft, the oscillator assembly having at least one eccentrically weighted rotor configured to rotate about a pivot point to generate an oscillating vibrato... | 04/15/2010 |
| 20090266612 | VIBRATING DOWNHOLE TOOL A vibrating downhole tool comprising a housing, an inner mandrel disposed within the housing and configured to receive a drilling fluid, a mass coupled to the inner mandrel, and a plurality of turbine blades configured to receive the drilling fluid and to rotate the inn... | 10/29/2009 |
| 20090173542 | VIBRATORY UNIT FOR DRILLING SYSTEMS A down-the-hole vibratory unit for a drilling system includes a casing comprising a fluid inlet, and a plurality of eccentrically weighted rotor assemblies positioned at least partially within the casing and in fluid communication with the inlet, the eccentrically weigh... | 07/09/2009 |
| 20090126997 | Counterbalance Enabled Power Generator For Horizontal Directional Drilling Systems An electrical generating system is used for a horizontal directional drilling system. The drilling system has a generally horizontal drill stem that rotates. A generator has first and second components. The first component rotates with the drill stem, while the second c... | 05/21/2009 |
| 20070256863 | Directional drilling control A method for oscillating a drillstring, the drillstring extending into the earth, the drillstring having a bit on a lower end thereof, the bit for drilling into the earth, the drillstring connected to a motive apparatus, the motive apparatus for rotating the drillstring... | 11/08/2007 |
| 20070251726 | Rotary Steerable Drilling System A rotary steerable system (“RSS”) includes a drive coupling having a first section adapted for connection within a drill string and a second section adapted for supporting a drill bit. A flexible joint connects the first section to the second section for transmittin... | 11/01/2007 |
| 20060284518 | Vibrating debris remover This invention relates to a device which may be permanently attached or removably attached to a material, such as a vehicular glass window. This device may comprise of a converter sub-unit or vibrator and a coupler. These elements may be arranged to propagate mechanical... | 12/21/2006 |
| 20050121231 | Energy accelerator An apparatus for imparting mechanical vibration on a down-hole drilling system including a body, first and second couplers and a rotating member. The body includes ports configured to pass fluid through the body, and the first and second couplers are configured to coupl... | 06/09/2005 |
| 20050006146 | Shear strength reduction method and apparatus A method of imposing a simple harmonic wave of bidirectional vibration on an object stuck in sand in a well bore, where vibrations are imposed in close proximity to the stuck location, and where the harmonic wave has sufficient amplitude and frequency to create soil liq... | 01/13/2005 |
