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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 19, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 15, 2010
Applicant:
Ian Allahar, Houston, TX (US);
Inventor:
Ian Allahar, Houston, TX (US);
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 includes a housing having a central axis defined therethrough, an inner mandrel disposed within the housing and configured to receive a drilling fluid, wherein the inner mandrel is misaligned relative to the housing central axis, and a plurality of turbine blades configured to receive the drilling fluid and to rotate the inner mandrel, thereby causing the downhole tool to vibrate.