Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Hybrid bearing assemblies for downhole motors
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Application No.: US16398158Application Date: 2019-04-29
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Publication No.: US11629557B2Publication Date: 2023-04-18
- Inventor: Nicholas Ryan Marchand , Jeffery Ronald Clausen
- Applicant: National Oilwell DHT, L.P.
- Applicant Address: US TX Houston
- Assignee: National Oilwell DHT, L.P.
- Current Assignee: National Oilwell DHT, L.P.
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Houston
- Agency: Conley Rose, P.C.
- Main IPC: E21B4/00
- IPC: E21B4/00 ; E21B7/06 ; E21B21/08 ; E21B21/10 ; E21B4/02

Abstract:
A downhole motor includes a driveshaft assembly including a driveshaft housing and a driveshaft rotatably disposed within the driveshaft housing, and a bearing assembly including a bearing housing and a bearing mandrel rotatably disposed within the bearing housing, wherein the bearing mandrel is configured to couple with a drill bit, wherein the bearing assembly is configured to provide a first flowpath extending into a central passage of the bearing mandrel from an annulus formed between the bearing mandrel and the bearing housing and a second flowpath separate from the first flowpath, that extends through a bearing of the bearing assembly that is disposed radially between the bearing mandrel and the bearing housing, wherein a plurality of rotary seals are positioned radially between the bearing mandrel and the bearing housing to form an sealed chamber that is spaced from the bearing of the bearing assembly.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190330925A1 HYBRID BEARING ASSEMBLIES FOR DOWNHOLE MOTORS Public/Granted day:2019-10-31
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