Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Downhole traction apparatus and assembly
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Application No.: US14112831Application Date: 2012-04-19
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Publication No.: US09834991B2Publication Date: 2017-12-05
- Inventor: Neil Andrew Abercrombie Simpson
- Applicant: Neil Andrew Abercrombie Simpson
- Applicant Address: GB Scotland
- Assignee: Paradigm Drilling Services Limited
- Current Assignee: Paradigm Drilling Services Limited
- Current Assignee Address: GB Scotland
- Agency: Dickinson Wright PLLC
- Agent William H. Honaker
- Priority: GB1106595.0 20110419; GB1113150.5 20110729
- International Application: PCT/GB2012/050861 WO 20120419
- International Announcement: WO2012/143722 WO 20121026
- Main IPC: E21B7/04
- IPC: E21B7/04 ; E21B17/10 ; E21B23/00

Abstract:
An apparatus (10) includes a traction member in the form of a roller (24) configured for mounting on a body (12) so as to permit rotation of the roller (24) relative to the body (12). The roller (24) is mountable on the body (12) so as to define a skew angle relative to a longitudinal axis (26) of the body (12). In use, the roller (24) engages a wall of a borehole or bore-lining tubular and the roller (24) urges the apparatus (10) along the wall of the borehole or bore-lining tubular on rotation of the as the roller (24) rotates on the body (12).
Public/Granted literature
- US20140158432A1 DOWNHOLE TOOL, METHOD AND ASSEMBLY Public/Granted day:2014-06-12
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