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Bottom hole motor for driving rock-breaking tool

Patent ·
OSTI ID:6159196
A bottom hole motor for driving a rock-breaking tool comprises a motor unit kinematically coupled with a spindle unit. The spindle unit has a housing inside which extends a shaft connected with the rock-breaking tool and mounted in the housing with the aid of radial bearings and rings and races, said rings and races arranged coaxial with the shaft and designed to retain rolling bodies located between the rings, races and the shaft. The shaft has toroidal grooves which are in immediate contact with rolling bodies. This invention can be used for drilling and repair of oil, gas and exploratory wells.
Assignee:
Vsesoyuzny Nauchno-Issledovatelsky Institut Burovoi Tekhniki (Union Of Soviet Socialist Republics)
Patent Number(s):
US 4518049
OSTI ID:
6159196
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English