Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Integrated bearing section and method
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Application No.: US15965330Application Date: 2018-04-27
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Publication No.: US10851589B2Publication Date: 2020-12-01
- Inventor: Gunther H H von Gynz-Rekowski , Mark Allen Reeves , William Christian Herben
- Applicant: Rival Downhole Tools LC
- Applicant Address: US TX Houston
- Assignee: Rival Downhole Tools LC
- Current Assignee: Rival Downhole Tools LC
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Houston
- Agency: Jones Walker LLP
- Main IPC: E21B4/00
- IPC: E21B4/00

Abstract:
An integrated bearing section includes a mandrel partially disposed within a housing. The bearing section includes spherical members disposed between the mandrel's outer surface and the housing's inner surface. A radial bearing portion is formed by spherical members disposed partially within grooves and engaging a flat profile opposing surface. The grooves may be in the mandrel's outer surface, an outer surface of a mandrel sleeve, the housing's inner surface, or an outer radial bearing's inner surface. The flat profile opposing surface may be on an outer radial bearing's inner surface, the housing's inner surface, the mandrel's outer surface, or a mandrel sleeve's outer surface. A thrust bearing portion is formed by spherical members disposed partially within grooves in two opposing surfaces, such as the mandrel's outer surface or a mandrel sleeve's outer surface, and the housing's inner surface or an outer thrust bearing's inner surface.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190330922A1 INTEGRATED BEARING SECTION AND METHOD Public/Granted day:2019-10-31
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