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Date of Patent:
Feb. 03, 2015

Filed:

Jan. 14, 2014
Applicant:

Aps Technology, Inc., Wallingford, CT (US);

Inventors:

Mark Ellsworth Wassell, Houston, TX (US);

William Evans Turner, Durham, CT (US);

Daniel E. Burgess, Portland, CT (US);

Carl Allison Perry, Middletown, CT (US);

Assignee:

APS Technology, Inc., Wallingford, CT (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 28/00 (2006.01); E21B 44/00 (2006.01); E21B 17/07 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 44/00 (2013.01); E21B 17/073 (2013.01); E21B 44/005 (2013.01); F16F 2224/045 (2013.01);
Abstract

A system for damping vibration in a drill string can include a valve assembly having a supply of a fluid, a first member, and a second member capable of moving in relation to first member in response to vibration of the drill bit. The first and second members define a first and a second chamber for holding the fluid. Fluid can flow between the first and second chambers in response to the movement of the second member in relation to the first member. The valve assembly can also include a coil or a valve for varying a resistance of the fluid to flow between the first and second chambers.


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