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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 04, 2021
Filed:
Aug. 26, 2019
Applicant:
Us Synthetic Corporation, Orem, UT (US);
Inventor:
S. Barrett Peterson, Orem, UT (US);
Assignee:
US Synthetic Corporation, Orem, UT, UT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16C 33/04 (2006.01); F16C 23/04 (2006.01); F16C 17/10 (2006.01); E21B 4/00 (2006.01); F16C 33/26 (2006.01); F16C 17/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16C 33/043 (2013.01); E21B 4/003 (2013.01); F16C 17/02 (2013.01); F16C 17/10 (2013.01); F16C 23/04 (2013.01); F16C 23/045 (2013.01); F16C 33/26 (2013.01); F16C 2206/04 (2013.01); F16C 2352/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
A bearing assembly includes a support ring circumferentially surrounding a central bearing axis and a plurality of superhard bearing elements coupled to the support ring. Each of the plurality of superhard bearing elements has a base, a superhard bearing surface, and a lateral periphery extending between the base and the superhard bearing surface. The superhard bearing surface has a partial-ellipsoidal surface shape. A bearing apparatus includes an inner bearing assembly and an outer bearing assembly. A subterranean drilling system includes an output shaft operably coupled to a bearing apparatus.