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Title: Down hole drilling motor with pressure balanced bearing seals

Patent ·
OSTI ID:6340752

A down hole drilling motor, e.g., A turbodrill, which is connected to a string of drill pipe has a rotating shaft for driving a drill bit which may be a rotary bit or a high speed solid head diamond bit. The turbine section has rotor and stator blades which are crescent shaped in cross section with each blade having an exit angle of 14*-23* for maximum turbine efficiency. The bearing shaft is provided with chevron rotary seals positioned below the rotary bearings carrying both radial and vertical thrust. Fluid lubricant fills the space from the rotary seals to a predetermined level above the bearings. A piston seals the lubricant chamber and is pressurized by drilling fluid (I.E. Mud) flowing through the tool. A layer of lubricant fluid overlies the first piston and has a second piston covering said fluid and transmitting pressure from the drilling fluid to the lubricant fluid surrounding the bearings. The drilling mud that causes the turbodrill to rotate is pumped away from the bearing seals by pump means operated by the drilling motor to balance the pressure on the upper and lower bearing seals.

Assignee:
Maurer Engineering Inc
Patent Number(s):
US 4246976
OSTI ID:
6340752
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: Filed date 11 Sep 1978
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English