http://www.freshpatents.com/Boring-or-penetrating-the-earth-dtnewntc175.php USPTO Class 175 - Boring or penetrating the earth en-us Mon, 30 Jan 2012 13:29:00 -0800 1000 Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday 141 31 http://www.freshpatents.com/index.php?rss=true http://www.freshpatents.com/images/freshpatentsnav_rss.gif http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20120126ptan20120018218.php Mon, 30 Jan 2012 13:29:00 -0800 A bottom-hole assembly for directional drilling incorporates a torque generator with a drive shaft connected to a drill string. The torque generator generates a torque that counters a reactive torque when a drill bit of the bottom-hole assembly is driven. When the drill string is rotated at a static drive... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20120126ptan20120018219.php Mon, 30 Jan 2012 13:29:00 -0800 A method of drilling a borehole in an earth formation using a drill string including a control system for controlling the borehole trajectory. The control system is operable to receive a selected signal, to determine the borehole depth from at least one length increment and the number of times the... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20120126ptan20120018220.php Mon, 30 Jan 2012 13:29:00 -0800 A core orientation device (10) for a core drill (12). The device (10) comprises an arrangement (14) for providing signals (16) associated with a physical orientation (18) of the core orientation device (10). Processing means (22) are provided for processing the signals (16) so as to provide processed data (23)... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20120126ptan20120018221.php Mon, 30 Jan 2012 13:29:00 -0800 A joint connecting a pair of members rotatable about a common axis end to end includes a first member having a threaded end portion and a non-circular exterior surface rearwardly of the threaded end portion, a second member having a threaded socket wherein the threaded end portion of the second... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20120126ptan20120018222.php Mon, 30 Jan 2012 13:29:00 -0800 A racking board for retaining tubulars is disclosed having a first finger, a second forger positioned generally parallel to the first finger and with a gap between the fingers serving as a storage area for tubulars. A first inflatable member is supported adjacent to the first finger and a second... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20120126ptan20120018223.php Mon, 30 Jan 2012 13:29:00 -0800 A polycrystalline diamond cutting (PDC) element of a drill bit of a downhole drilling tool is provided. The PDC element having a substrate, a diamond table and at least one pattern. The diamond table has an initial cutting edge along a periphery thereof. The pattern integrally formed within the diamond... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20120126ptan20120018224.php Mon, 30 Jan 2012 13:29:00 -0800 A drill bit system for a drilling assembly is disclosed. The drill bit system may include a chassis, a head, and one or more compliantly coupled gauge pads. The head may include a first plurality of cutters coupled with an end of the head, and the head may be coupled... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20120126ptan20120018225.php Mon, 30 Jan 2012 13:29:00 -0800 A wellbore is formed by using an apparatus that may include a shaft having an end portion, a drill bit body tiltable about the end portion, and at least one actuator configured to apply a tilting force to the drill bit body.... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20120126ptan20120018226.php Mon, 30 Jan 2012 13:29:00 -0800 An inhibitive water-based polymer mud system and method for using the system in drilling and in stabilizing wellbores is disclosed for use in water sensitive formations as an alternative to oil-based muds. The system comprises a fresh water or salt water base thinned or dispersed with a water soluble, biodegradable... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20120126ptan20120018227.php Mon, 30 Jan 2012 13:29:00 -0800 A component for a downhole tool includes a rotor and a hardfacing precursor. The hardfacing precursor includes a polymeric material, hard particles, and a metal. A hydraulic drilling motor includes a stator, a rotor, and a sintered hardfacing material on an outer surface of the rotor or an inner surface... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20120126ptan20120018228.php Mon, 30 Jan 2012 13:29:00 -0800 An apparatus energizes a consumer of a pressurized fluid using a high pressure source and a low pressure source. The apparatus may include a fluid circuit in fluid communication with the consumer. The fluid circuit may have a first and a second reservoir. In one arrangement, the fluid circuit may... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20120126ptan20120018229.php Mon, 30 Jan 2012 13:29:00 -0800 A drill pipe (10) having an elongate tubular body (12) with an interior surface enclosing a main bore (14) which extends generally parallel to a longitudinal axis (A) of the tubular body (12) from a first end to a second end of the tubular body (12), a side port (16)... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20120126ptan20120018230.php Mon, 30 Jan 2012 13:29:00 -0800 A system for containing electronics positioned in a downhole tubular. In some embodiments, the system includes a pressure housing, a rigid end piece, a compliant end piece, an inner tubular member, one or more annular standoffs, and a chassis. The pressure housing is supported within the downhole tubular. The rigid...