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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 24, 2015
Filed:
May. 10, 2011
Parag Konde, Spring, TX (US);
Srinivas Likki, Sugar Land, TX (US);
James Layne Larsen, Spring, TX (US);
Dwayne P. Terracina, Spring, TX (US);
Andrew Grebe, Tomball, TX (US);
Parag Konde, Spring, TX (US);
Srinivas Likki, Sugar Land, TX (US);
James Layne Larsen, Spring, TX (US);
Dwayne P. Terracina, Spring, TX (US);
Andrew Grebe, Tomball, TX (US);
Smith International, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A bearing assembly comprising a frame; a rotating disc disposed in the frame, the rotating disc comprising a first set of inserts; and a fixed disc disposed in the frame, the fixed disc comprising a second set of inserts, the second set of inserts configured to interact with the first set of inserts, and a lip disposed adjacent the second set of inserts. Also, a bearing assembly comprising a frame; a rotating disc disposed in the frame, the rotating disc comprising a first set of inserts and at least one groove disposed axially above at least one of the inserts; and a fixed disc disposed in the frame, the fixed disc comprising a second set of inserts, the second set of inserts configured to interact with the first set of inserts.