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Bent sub assembly for directional drilling

  • US 6,550,818 B2
  • Filed: 04/20/2001
  • Issued: 04/22/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/20/2001
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A bent sub assembly for directional drilling, comprising:

  • an external tubular adaptor having an internally threaded lower end;

    an internal tubular mandrel having externally threaded ends and being transversely bent at a point along its length to define upper and lower mandrel sections having angularly offset axes of symmetry, the upper mandrel section being received in the adaptor lower end and being threadably connected therewith;

    an external tubular offset sub transversely bent at a point along its length to define upper and lower sub sections having angularly offset axes of symmetry, the upper sub section being internally threaded at its upper end and coaxially receiving the lower mandrel section and being threadably connected therewith, the offset sub having an upper end face perpendicular to the axis of symmetry of the upper sub section;

    an external tubular adjusting ring having an axis of symmetry and being positioned between and abutting the adaptor and the offset sub, the ring being slidably splined with the mandrel, the ring having a lower end face canted at an angle to the axis of symmetry of the ring;

    the offset sub upper end face and the ring lower end face being disposed to butt flush against each other when assembled;

    the combination, of bending the internal mandrel, bending the offset sub and canting the lower end face of the ring, resulting in locating the resultant bend point of the bent sub assembly beneath the ring.

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