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Date of Patent:
May. 27, 2025

Filed:

Jul. 08, 2020
Applicant:

Robit Plc, Lempäälä, FI;

Inventors:

Mika Koskinen, Tampere, FI;

Kimmo Ala-Kanto, Tampere, FI;

Assignee:

ROBIT PLC, Lempäälä, FI;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 10/36 (2006.01); E21B 6/00 (2006.01); E21B 17/042 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 10/36 (2013.01); E21B 6/00 (2013.01); E21B 17/0426 (2013.01);
Abstract

A drill assembly for percussive drilling, includes a drill bit having a downhole portion and an attachment portion having a cylindrical male coupling thread, and a drill string element for transferring impacts from a percussion device to the drill bit and having a female coupling thread for threadedly coupling with the male coupling thread. The drill bit includes a first annular impact surface arranged on an uphole-side end the downhole portion, the first annular impact surface surrounding the attachment portion, and the drill string element includes, at a downhole-side end thereof, a second annular impact surface. The first and second impact surfaces are inclined with respect to a plane perpendicular to the longitudinal direction. A drill bit and drill string element are also disclosed.


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