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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:
Oct. 30, 2007
Filed:
Nov. 02, 2004
Donald H. Van Steenwyk, San Marino, CA (US);
Raymond W. Teys, Pismo Beach, CA (US);
Donald H. Van Steenwyk, San Marino, CA (US);
Raymond W. Teys, Pismo Beach, CA (US);
Scientific Drilling International, Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
An apparatus for steerable rotary drilling of a borehole having a wall in the earth comprising a mandrel having a central opening there through for the passage of drilling fluids. The mandrel having a lower connection for operatively connecting to a drill bit structure and an upper connection for operatively connecting to a drill string above said apparatus. The mandrel further having an intermediate portion, an outer housing surrounding longitudinal extent of the mandrel intermediate portion, a differential displacement drive within the outer housing, one or more pairs of radially-extensible, opposed side-force exerting elements controlled by the differential displacement drive to provide for side force exertion against the borehole wall.
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