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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 28, 2024
Filed:
Apr. 14, 2023
Xr Reserve Llc, Houston, TX (US);
Gregory Prevost, Spring, TX (US);
Michael V. Williams, Conroe, TX (US);
Edward C. Spatz, Spring, TX (US);
Michael R. Reese, Houston, TX (US);
William W. King, Houston, TX (US);
David P. Miess, Magnolia, TX (US);
XR Reserve LLC, Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A downhole tool for use in a downhole drill string is provided. The downhole tool includes a rotor movably coupled within a stator, and a drive shaft movably coupled within a bearing housing. The drive shaft has a first end coupled with the rotor and a second end coupled with a drill bit. Bearing assemblies interfaces engagement between the drive shaft and the bearing housing, including polycrystalline diamond elements, each with an engagement surface, and an opposing engagement surface of a non-superhard metal.