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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jun. 23, 2020

Filed:

May. 26, 2015
Applicant:

Halliburton Energy Services, Inc., Houston, TX (US);

Inventors:

Hossam Mohamed Gharib, Edmonton, CA;

Steven Graham Bell, Red Deer, CA;

Steven Park, Edmonton, CA;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 4/00 (2006.01); F16C 17/04 (2006.01); F16C 23/04 (2006.01); F16C 35/02 (2006.01); E21B 17/02 (2006.01); F16C 33/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16C 17/04 (2013.01); E21B 4/003 (2013.01); E21B 17/02 (2013.01); F16C 23/048 (2013.01); F16C 35/02 (2013.01); F16C 33/26 (2013.01); F16C 2226/50 (2013.01); F16C 2352/00 (2013.01);
Abstract

An assembly for use in a wellbore can include a drill string having an outer housing and a thrust bearing sleeve positioned within the outer housing of the drill string. The assembly can also include a stationary thrust bearing positioned within the thrust bearing sleeve and coaxially around a mandrel extending through a longitudinal length of the thrust bearing sleeve. The assembly can further include an interlocking component including a first end coupled to the stationary thrust bearing and a second end positioned in a recessed portion of a housing of the drill string for preventing the stationary thrust bearing from rotating about a central axis of the mandrel, and for allowing the stationary thrust bearing to rotate about one or more axes perpendicular to the central axis. The assembly can include a flexible member for opposing a rotational force applied to the stationary thrust bearing by another thrust bearing.


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