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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 25, 1996
Filed:
Apr. 27, 1995
Applicant:
Inventor:
Alan M Eddison, Houston, TX (US);
Assignee:
Schlumberger Technology Corporation, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
175 61 ;
Abstract
A steerable rotary drilling tool includes a drill bit mounted on the lower end of a housing by a drive shaft having an articulative coupling that allows the bit's rotation axis to be inclined relative to the rotation axis of the housing, an eccentric weight in the housing that maintains the bit axis pointed in only one direction in space as the bit is turned by the housing, and a clutch system that allows such direction to be changed downhole. A measuring-while-drilling tool is included to allow the progress of the drilling to be monitored at the surface, and to allow changing the bit axis or toolface by a selected amount.