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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 18, 2022
Filed:
Feb. 26, 2019
Applicant:
Www North America Holdings, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Inventors:
Sarah Banks, Fullerton, CA (US);
Norman Bruce Moore, Aliso Viejo, CA (US);
Eric Gollmyer, Orange, CA (US);
Assignee:
WWT NORTH AMERICA HOLDINGS, INC, Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 17/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 17/1042 (2013.01);
Abstract
An anti-vibration sub for a downhole drill string having a shortened section of steel drill pipe having a reduced diameter body portion with a plurality of axially spaced annular rings and a non-rotating protector sleeve molded to the smaller diameter body portion having an outside diameter that is equal to or greater than the drill string causing the sub to act as a nodal point to absorb vibrational energy from the drill string.