Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Rotary steerable tool
- Patent Title (中): 旋转导向工具
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Application No.: US12302523Application Date: 2007-05-30
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Publication No.: US08011448B2Publication Date: 2011-09-06
- Inventor: Rory McCrae Tulloch , Victor Laing Allan
- Applicant: Rory McCrae Tulloch , Victor Laing Allan
- Applicant Address: GB Yateley, Hampshire
- Assignee: Sondex Limited
- Current Assignee: Sondex Limited
- Current Assignee Address: GB Yateley, Hampshire
- Agency: Global Patent Operation
- Agent Mark A. Conklin
- Priority: GB0610814.6 20060601; GB0704756.6 20070313
- International Application: PCT/GB2007/001993 WO 20070530
- International Announcement: WO2007/138314 WO 20071206
- Main IPC: E21B7/08
- IPC: E21B7/08 ; E21B7/04 ; E21B7/06 ; E21B47/02

Abstract:
A rotary steerable tool (2) for use in a downhole drilling apparatus for adjusting the direction of drilling is disclosed. The tool comprises a tubular outer housing (20) and a row of steering pushers (24) slidably mounted to the housing for movement between an extended position, in which the steering pusher engages a wall of a borehole formed by the drilling apparatus, and a withdrawn position, in which the steering pushers do not engage the wall of the borehole. A tubular sleeve (4) is mounted inside the housing (20) to transmit rotary drive to a drilling bit. A pressure chamber (22) defined between the sleeve (4) and the housing (20) communicates with the steering pushers (24) to move the steering pushers (24) to the extended position. A piston (56) is slidably mounted in the sleeve (4) and is moved by means of changes in drilling fluid pressure between a first axial position, in which the interior of the sleeve (4) communicates directly with the pressure chamber (22) for directional drilling, and a second axial position, in which the interior of the sleeve (4) does not communicate directly with the pressure chamber (22) for straight drilling.
Public/Granted literature
- US20090173541A1 ROTARY STEERABLE TOOL Public/Granted day:2009-07-09
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