Patent classifications
E21B4/006
Shear Pin And Drive Shaft Spring Brake In Electrical Submersible Pump
An electrical submersible well pump assembly (ESP) has a spring brake having helical turns mounted between the shaft and one of the housings. The spring brake allows free rotation of the shaft in a driving direction and stops the shaft from rotating in a reverse direction. The spring brake may have one end be affixed to the housing to rotate in unison in both directions. Alternately, the spring brake may have one end affixed to the shaft for rotation with the shaft. Further, the spring brake could be free of being connected to either the shaft or the housing. A shear member may be mounted between the shaft and the housing to prevent any rotation of the shaft during run-in.
Systems and methods that use harmonic drives for converting reciprocating axial motion to continuous rotary motion, helical drives for converting reciprocating rotary motion to reciprocating axial motion and combinations thereof for converting reciprocating rotary motion to continuous rotary motion
A harmonic drive assembly and fluid-powered linear motors with both axial pistons are rotary piston arrangements incorporating the harmonic drive assembly are disclosed. The motors may be used in downhole drilling applications, but the drive assembly and/or motors may be used in other applications. The assembly, motors and methods use advanced harmonic drives, advanced helical drives, and combinations thereof with 1) motors with axial pistons and reciprocating linear rings to convert reciprocative axial motion to continuous rotary motion, and 2) motors with rotary pistons and reciprocating linear rings to rectify reciprocative rotary motion to continual rotary motion to improve performance over prior configurations.
Pulling tool for use in a wellbore and/or tubing and a propulsion module of a pulling tool
A pulling tool for use in a wellbore or tubing for pulling cable includes a propulsion module having a main section and a propulsion arm hinged to the main section. The propulsion arm includes a complete propulsion wheel with a gear system. An electric motor is configured to drive the complete propulsion wheel via the gear system. The gear system may include a harmonic gear or a compound split ring epicyclic gear.
ALL-METAL DOWNHOLE POWER DRILLING TOOL BASED ON MULTI-STAGE DUAL PLUNGER ECCENTRIC GEAR MECHANISM
This application provides an all-metal downhole power drilling tool based on a multi-stage dual plunger eccentric gear mechanism, which includes a flow distribution shaft, an outer pipe and a multi-stage eccentric gear driving mechanism which are coaxially arranged, the flow distribution shaft is suspended and supported in the outer pipe by the multi-stage eccentric gear driving mechanism. This application provides a novel rotary plunger type power drilling tool hydraulically driven by drilling fluid. The plunger structure is high in processing precision, low in cost and good in plunger type movable sealing effect. A planetary gear train with an eccentric structure is adopted to transmit torque, improving the working efficiency of the power drilling tool. The power drilling tool driven by the multi-stage dual plunger eccentric gear mechanism is of an all-metal structure and can withstand a high temperature environment.
Device for prevention of turbine rotation
The invention relates to pumping equipment and can be used in oil industry as part of submersible electric centrifugal pump units. Device for prevention of turbine rotation consists of interconnected head and base, inside of which two shafts are installed on bearing supports—upper and lower ones, connected to each other through a cam clutch with the possibility of free running in the circumferential direction. The overrunning clutch is installed in the head, providing torque transmission in the forward direction from the lower shaft to the upper one and preventing reverse rotation of the upper shaft. The overrunning clutch is connected with the upper shaft via a coupling clutch, movable part of which is mounted on the upper shaft with possibility of axial movement, and stationary part is rigidly connected to the overrunning clutch. Coupling of the coupling clutch is provided by a spring, and disconnection is provided by a pusher mounted on the upper shaft with possibility of axial movement, and on one side the pusher is connected to the movable part of the coupling clutch and on the other side—with a bush sleeve having an inclined end surface rigidly installed on the lower shaft. The technical result is to increase reliability and safety of Electric Centrifugal Pumping Unit due to use of the apparatus for preventing rotation of the turbine.
PORTABLE SEAFLOOR DRILL RIG FOR SUBMERSIBLE FOR MULTI-POINT CORE DRILLING
The present disclosure provides a portable seafloor drill rig for a submersible for multi-point core drilling, including a power head, a reduction gear box, an emergency jettison device, a drilling tool, and a temperature and pressure-retaining device. a water supply connector and the power head are arrange on a top plate of the reduction gear box. An output shaft of the power head is connected to an input shaft of the reduction gear box, and an output shaft of the reduction gear box is provided with a central hole, which is in communication with a water inlet hole of the water supply connector. An output shaft of the reduction gear box is connected to the emergency jettison device, and the temperature and pressure-retaining device can perform temperature and pressure-retaining storage of the core drilled by the drilling tool.
Modular anti-rotation drilling systems and methods
Drilling tools are frequently subject to rotation with respect to the central drilling axis caused by torque. A mechanical linkage can be configured to apply force that is proportional to the weight-on-bit on the borehole surface while transmitting axial loads used to generate weight-on-bit. The device can be used to manage drill string twist that could lead to drilling dysfunctions.
Borehole pressure-shear test apparatus capable of measuring horizontal displacement by borehole wall pressing configuration using wedge element
A borehole shear test apparatus of the present disclosure includes a main casing, a horizontal loading module and shear plates, and performs both a borehole shear test and a borehole jack test by calculating and measuring horizontal displacement produced at a borehole wall when pressed by the shear plates, and at the same time, measuring a vertical load applied when a wedge element moves down.
PDM TRANSMISSION WITH SLIDING CONTACT BETWEEN CONVEX SHAFT PINS AND CONCAVE BEARINGS SURFACES
Unlaminated bearings (or Torque Transfer Elements, or TTEs) are disposed to slide and displace within pockets (or “housing cavity receptacles”) provided in the internal periphery of a housing in which an articulating shaft is received. As the shaft “tilts” about its untilted axial centerline during misaligned rotation, convex curved bearing surfaces on shaft pins slidably rotate against corresponding concave curved bearings surfaces on the T as received in the housing cavity receptacles. Further, substantially flat surfaces on the TTEs are disposed to slidably displace against corresponding bearing surfaces on the housing cavity receptacles as the shaft tilts and the convex curved bearing surfaces on the shaft pins slidably rotate against the concave curved bearing surfaces on the TTEs. The sliding displacement of TTEs with respect to the housing cavity receptacles during articulated rotation is in a direction generally parallel to the shaft's untilted axial centerline.
DRILL SPEEDER AND DRILLING DEVICE
A drill speeder. The drill speeder is used for increasing the rotating speed of a drill bit in drilling operation and comprises: an upper joint (1) connected to a drill tool (200) in the drilling operation; a lower joint connected to the drill bit (300); and three wing plates (9) arranged on the outer surface of a gear sleeve (10) of the drill speeder in an equal division mode, and closely attached to pistons embedded on the gear sleeve (10). When the drill bit (300) conducts a speed increasing operation, a drilling slurry column in the drill speeder jacks up the pistons (8) on the gear sleeve (10), and the wing plates (9) are opened and attached to the well wall. The drill speeder further comprises a sun shaft (12) and planetary gears (4). The upper joint (1) is a planetary gear support provided with three support shafts in the axial direction of the drill tool, the support shafts are sleeved with the planetary gears (4), and the planetary gears (4) are engaged with a sun shaft gear and inner teeth of the gear sleeve (10) simultaneously, and the sun shaft (12) serves as the lower joint to be connected to the drill bit (300) and drives the drill bit (300) to conduct speed increasing rotation. A pawl (3) is provided on the upper joint (1). When the planetary gears (4) fail in transmission, the pawl (3) is inserted into a tooth groove of the sun shaft (12) to push the sun shaft (12) to rotate at the rotating speed of the drill tool. The drill speeder can increase the drilling speed of the drill bit to achieve the speed increasing effect.