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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 14, 2021
Filed:
Jun. 26, 2018
Novatek Ip, Llc, Provo, UT (US);
Jonathan D. Marshall, Springville, UT (US);
Edward George Parkin, Stonehouse, GB;
Geoffrey Charles Downton, Stonehouse, GB;
David C. Hoyle, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Nalin Weerasinghe, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Dennis Patrick Chestnutt, Cypress, TX (US);
SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Abstract
A downhole steering system includes a substantially tubular housing, a shaft positioned within the substantially tubular housing, a first bearing and a second bearing, the first and second bearings being configured to support rotation of the shaft relative to the housing. The first bearing, the second bearing, the shaft, and the housing at least partially define a chamber therebetween. The system also includes at least one structure positioned axially between a the first and second bearing and being configured to extend from an exterior of the housing in response to pressure communicated to the chamber.