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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 04, 2010
Filed:
Apr. 29, 2008
Applicants:
Ian Allahar, Houston, TX (US);
Jose Mercado, Humble, TX (US);
Charles Grigor, Houston, TX (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
Smith International, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 7/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A vibrating downhole tool comprising a housing, an inner mandrel disposed within the housing and configured to receive a drilling fluid, a mass coupled to the inner mandrel, and a plurality of turbine blades configured to receive the drilling fluid and to rotate the inner mandrel and the mass, thereby causing the vibrating downhole tool to vibrate.