Patents

US 11713622 B2: Method of drilling a wellbore

Granted
2023-08-01
Filed
2021-09-09 application 17470378
Type
Utility · 5 claims
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Abstract

A downhole drilling motor includes a motor housing having an inner bore and an outer surface. A power section includes a stator elastomer at least partially disposed within the inner bore of the motor housing. A bearing section includes an upper bearing at least partially disposed within the inner bore of the motor housing. The motor housing further includes an opening extending from the inner bore to the outer surface to provide a bypass fluid path for a fluid in the inner bore. The opening is disposed on the motor housing between a lower end of the stator elastomer and an upper end of the upper bearing. The bypass fluid path allows the downhole drilling motor to accommodate a higher flow rate of a fluid through the stator elastomer of the power section than through the upper bearing of the bearing section.

Source: PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 (ipg230801.xml).

Assignees

AssigneeTypePlaceAlso on furp.orgSource
Rival Downhole Tools LC 11 patentsUS company or organizationHouston, TXPVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10

Inventors

InventorPlacePatentsPerson pageSource
Gunther HH von Gynz-RekowskiLeonidas, TX42PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10

CPC categories

SubclassCategoryFirst groupSource
E21BEarth or rock drilling; obtaining oil, gas, water, soluble or meltable materials or a slurry of minerals from wellsE21B4/02PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10
F04CRotary-piston, or oscillating-piston, positive-displacement machines for liquids ; rotary-piston, or oscillating-piston, positive-displacement pumpsF04C2/1071PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10

Cooperative Patent Classification, as currently assigned (one row per subclass).

Assignments and security interests

RecordedWhatFromToReel/frameSource
2021-09-09Assignment
Assignment of assignor's interest
ASHMIN HOLDING LLC signed 2019-04-26RIVAL DOWNHOLE TOOLS LC HOUSTON, TX57429/262ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25
2021-09-09Assignment
Assignment of assignor's interest
VON GYNZ-REKOWSKI, GUNTHER HH signed 2016-12-16ASHMIN HOLDING LLC CONROE, TX57428/842ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25

Documents recorded with the USPTO Assignment Recordation Branch that list this patent. A security interest is a lender’s claim on the patent as collateral; a release ends it.

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