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Patent No.:

US 8931581 B1

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Date of Patent:
Jan. 13, 2015

Filed:

Jan. 03, 2012
Applicant:

Jacques Orban, Gloucestershire, GB;

Inventor:

Jacques Orban, Gloucestershire, GB;

Assignee:

Schlumberger Technology Coporation, Sugar Land, TX (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 17/00 (2006.01); E21B 17/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 17/20 (2013.01);
Abstract

A drilling tool that has a flexible shaft so as to be able to make short radius curves while still being able to transmit torque and axial loads. The drilling tool includes a drill shaft for transmitting axial load, comprising a series of coaxial ring members connected together such that adjacent ring members are flexible in an axial plane relative to each other; each ring member being connected to an adjacent ring member by connecting member arranged to transmit torque therebetween; and axial supports extend between adjacent ring members so as to transmit axial loads therebetween.


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Orban, Jacques. (2015). Drilling tool (U.S. Patent No. 8931581). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/8931581

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