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Comic actor Danny Kaye received patent D166,807 for the co-design of "Blowout Toy or the Like". It's similar to one of those toys that unravels when you blow into at a birthday party except Kaye's has three blowouts going in different directions, not just one.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8025110 | Motor shaft security apparatus A down hole drilling motor shaft security apparatus is disclosed. The apparatus has a general body housing threadedly attached to a lower radial bearing housing and an output shaft extending from the lower radial bearing housing. Within the general body housing is a... | 09/27/2011 |
| 7810586 | Sectional drive and coupling system A sectional drive and coupling system for transmitting rotational power to an output, which system includes multiple, splined drive and receiving segments that are connected, nested and interlocked in the ends of successive segment housings to define a drive string ... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7735581 | Locking clutch for downhole motor A locking clutch to selectively transmit torque from a stator of a downhole tool to a rotor of the downhole tool includes at least one locking pawl disposed upon the rotor. The at least one locking pawl comprises a load path, a pivot axis, and a mass center, and is ... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7377337 | Downhole drilling tool A downhole drilling tool 136 comprises a drillstring 138, a drilling head 140, and a freewheel 144 for transferring drive from the drillstring to the drilling head. The freewheel 144 is positioned between the drillstring 138... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7367410 | Method and device for liner system Method for drilling and lining a well wherein at least one liner (1, 2, 32) with a larger external diameter than the substantial part of a drilling riser (10) is pre-installed at a point below the substantial part of the drilling riser (10). A b... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7334649 | Drilling with casing A borehole may be drilled utilizing the bottom hole assembly 10, 50 with a downhole motor 14, 110, which may offset at a selected bend angle. A bend for directional drilling may be provided by a PDM, or by a RSD. A gauge section 36 secured to th... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7287604 | Steerable bit assembly and methods A drilling system includes a steerable bottomhole assembly (BHA) having a steering unit and a control unit that provide dynamic control of drill bit orientation or tilt. Exemplary steering units can adjust bit orientation at a rate that approaches or exceeds the rot... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7275605 | Rotatable drill shoe A rotatable drilling shoe attachable to a section of casing that allows for drilling and casing of a well bore in a single trip. The drilling shoe includes a fixed section and a rotatable section that has a drillable bit attached thereto. The drilling shoe further i... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7258179 | Rotary bit with an indenting member In one aspect of the invention a drill bit assembly has a body portion intermediate a shank portion and a working portion. The working portion has a recess with a side wall which is substantially coaxial with the shank portion. At least one cutting element is attach... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7252150 | Downhole tool A downhole tool including a selectively releasable joint, a downhole drilling assembly including the downhole tool, and a corresponding method. In one embodiment of the invention, a downhole drilling assembly includes a downhole tool having a first body and a second... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7249968 | Electrical connections for harsh conditions Apparatuses are provided which basically comprise a socket which has at least two contiguous passages formed therein which are adapted to receive exposed wire and/or insulated wire. Bonding materials and crimp joints, alone or in combination, are provided to further... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7225886 | Drill bit assembly with an indenting member In one aspect of the invention a drill bit assembly has a body portion intermediate a shank portion and a working portion. The working portion has a recess with a side wall which is substantially coaxial with the shank portion. At least one cutting element is attach... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7207215 | System, method and apparatus for petrophysical and geophysical measurements at the drilling bit Measurement of petrophysical and geophysical data of formations in a wellbore using a long gauge bit having at least one sensor therewith. The at least one sensor may be installed in at least one flute of the long gauge bit and/or in the long gauge portion thereof. ... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7201239 | Power-generating device for use in drilling operations A preferred embodiment of a power-generating device for use in drilling operations comprises a turbine comprising a housing, and a rotor assembly rotatably coupled to the housing so that the rotor assembly rotates in response to the passage of drilling mud therethro... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7195081 | Method and device for boring holes in soil or rock In a method and device for boring or drilling, in particular percussion drilling or rotary percussion drilling, holes in soil or rock, wherein a borehole is formed by a percussive and/or rotary movement carried out by a drill bit (2) mounted on a drill rod as... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7188672 | Well string assembly A well string assembly includes an upper tubular well string part having upper and lower ends between which there is formed a passageway, a lower well string part having upper and lower ends, which lower end is spaced apart from the lower end of the upper well strin... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7165634 | Method and apparatus for cementing drill strings in place for one pass drilling and completion of oil and gas wells The steel drill string attached to a drilling bit during typical rotary drilling operations used to drill oil and gas wells is used for a second purpose as the casing that is cemented in place during typical oil and gas well completions. Methods of operation are des... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7165609 | Apparatus for handling tubular goods An apparatus for handling tubular goods which includes an elongate tubular body having a peripheral sidewall and opposed ends. The peripheral sidewall has a plurality of axial slots arranged circumferentially around the tubular body parallel to an axis of the tubula... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7147068 | Methods and apparatus for cementing drill strings in place for one pass drilling and completion of oil and gas wells The steel drill string attached to a drilling bit during typical rotary drilling operations used to drill oil and gas wells is used for a second purpose as the casing that is cemented in place during typical oil and gas well completions. Methods of operation are des... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7128174 | Drilling and anchoring device for diverse applications The present invention describes a drilling and anchoring device for diverse application, which possess as a basic principle to provide the formation of a specific drilling and anchoring device of the most diverse products to soils, fully based on a lower penetration... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7063175 | Method and apparatus for retaining a down-hole fluid motor and bit assembly A retaining apparatus is provided for preventing the separation and loss of a down-hole drive motor and associated drill bit from the drill string due to gyroscopic precession of the motor housing resulting from counter torque produced by the drill bit. The retainin... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7048050 | Method and apparatus for cementing drill strings in place for one pass drilling and completion of oil and gas wells The steel drill string attached to a drilling bit during typical rotary drilling operations used to drill oil and gas wells is used for a second purpose as the casing that is cemented in place during typical oil and gas well completions. Methods of operation are des... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7036580 | Downhole motor lock-up tool The present invention relates to downhole apparatus for limiting rotation of a rotor (4) relative to a stator (8) associated with said rotor (4). Apparatus according to the invention is provided with a locking member (12) movable from a f... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7036610 | Apparatus and method for completing oil and gas wells A method of drilling and completing a wellbore in a geological formation to produce hydrocarbons from a well comprising at least the following four steps: drilling the well with a retrievable drill bit attached to a casing; removing the retrievable drill bit from th... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7025144 | Wellbore liner system Wellbore apparatus has been invented which, in at least certain aspects, includes a wellbore apparatus having a tubular member with a top end, a bottom end, a hollow portion, and a window therethrough, a sleeve positioned within the hollow portion of the tubular mem... | 04/11/2006 |
| 6997271 | Drilling string torsional energy control assembly and method The present invention provides a torsional energy control assembly and method for eliminating slip-stick and/or drill bit oscillations comprising axial and/or rotational oscillations. In one preferred embodiment, the assembly permits slippage between an upper portio... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6997811 | Sealed flexible motor coupling A hermetic seal functions as a closure between opposite ends of the coupling by combining a metal sleeve and an elastomer sleeve extension. The metal sleeve is sealingly attached to the outer surface of one end of the coupling and the elastomer sleeve, sealingly att... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6945338 | Drilling bit assembly and apparatus A drill bit comprises a shank member (31), a bit body (32) provided with cutters (33) and flexible material (35) between the shank (31) and the bit body (32) allowing relative tilting movement therebetween to reduce adverse ... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6940245 | Downhole compressor system with a feedback sensor A downhole compressor system is disclosed for assisting in extracting gas from the well. The system comprises a compressor 14, an electric motor 10 for driving the compressor 14 which motor has a stator winding and a rotor 12 and, in use,... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6857486 | High power umbilicals for subterranean electric drilling machines and remotely operated vehicles The method of providing in excess of 60 kilowatts of electrical power to the electrical motor of a subterranean electric drilling machine through a substantially neutrally buoyant composite umbilical containing electrical conductors to reduce the frictional drag on ... | 02/22/2005 |
| 6672409 | Downhole generator for horizontal directional drilling A generator assembly for generating power in the downhole end of a drill string used to form a borehole in horizontal directional drilling. The drill string provides a fluid passageway in which the downhole generator is receivingly disposed, at least in p... | 01/06/2004 |
| 6364038 | Downhole flexible drive system Improvements for a downhole flexible drive system for drilling high angle well holes or curved holes from the vertical to the horizontal with an ultra short radius to drill a horizontal drain hole. The improvements include a flexible shaft that connects t... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6364034 | Directional drilling apparatus The apparatus has a housing which is secured to the lower end of a drilling motor body and carries an arbor that is secured to the output shaft of the motor. The arbor has three segments serially connected by gimbals. The upper segment is axially fixed by... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6230823 | Downhole motor A downhole hydraulic motor consisting of an outer rim having six or eight lobes on the toothed inner surface, a rotor having four or six lobes respectively on the toothed outer surface as well as a number of planetary gears being constantly engaged with b... | 05/15/2001 |
| 6196336 | Method and apparatus for drilling boreholes in earth formations (drilling liner systems) A drilling liner having a core bit at its bottom end is carried along with a pilot bit on an inner bottom hole assembly driven by a downhole mud motor. In one embodiment, the motor is powered by mud carried by an inner string. Alternatively, the inner str... | 03/06/2001 |
| 6102138 | Pressure-modulation valve assembly A drillstring pressure-modulation valve which is usable in combination with a downhole drilling motor and a drillstring thruster to compensate for changes in pressure drop through the drilling motor which normally occur during drilling. When conditions ch... | 08/15/2000 |
| 6041874 | Tubular actuator component for use in a drill string A tubular actuator component (20) for use in a drill-string is disclosed and which comprises a main tubular outer body (6) within which a clutch mechanism, mandrel (2), and pad mandrel (7) are located. The clutch mechanism comprises a lower stationay clut... | 03/28/2000 |
| 5899281 | Adjustable bend connection and method for connecting a downhole motor to a bit An adjustable bend connection is provided which desirably extends from the power section of a downhole progressing-cavity-type mud motor. The joint is secured internally so that any reverse rotation of the bend housings that may occur does not result in u... | 05/04/1999 |
| 5857531 | Bottom hole assembly for directional drilling The bottom hole assembly of the present invention includes a drill bit driven by a positive displacement drilling motor, the motor being constructed of tubular housings, one of said housings having a bend so as to cause the bit to drill directionally, ano... | 01/12/1999 |
| 5853053 | Stabilization devices for drill motors The invention relates to stabilisation devices for down-hole drill motors and provides such a device comprising a tubular motor body portion (18) adapted for rotational movement on a selective basis to provide a steering capability, a motor shaft (16) pas... | 12/29/1998 |
