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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 29, 2019
Filed:
Jan. 05, 2017
Applicant:
Marcel Brand, Braunschweig, DE;
Inventor:
Marcel Brand, Braunschweig, DE;
Assignee:
BAKER HUGHES, A GE COMPANY, LLC, Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16C 33/60 (2006.01); E21B 4/00 (2006.01); E21B 4/02 (2006.01); F16C 19/18 (2006.01); F16C 33/58 (2006.01); F16C 43/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 4/003 (2013.01); E21B 4/02 (2013.01); F16C 19/18 (2013.01); F16C 33/58 (2013.01); F16C 33/60 (2013.01); F16C 43/04 (2013.01); F16C 2352/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
An apparatus for use in a wellbore is disclosed that in one non-limiting embodiment includes a rotatable member, a thrust bearing coupled to the rotatable member, wherein the thrust bearing includes a bearing stack that further includes a unitary inner race member that includes a number of axially spaced inner races around an outer surface of the unitary inner race member. A set of bearing elements is placed in each inner race, and a separate outer race secures each set of bearing elements in each inner race.