Two-stage reverse-torque bent screw orientation tool

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12110794-B2
Application number	US-202318463876-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 8, 2023
Priority date	Sep 20, 2022
Publication date	Oct 8, 2024
Grant date	Oct 8, 2024

Abstract

Provided is a two-stage reverse-torque bent screw orientation tool. An existing bent screw orientation technology has the technical problems of large friction resistance, difficult control of a borehole track, a low drilling speed and the like, and restricts economic, safe and long-acting development of oil and gas. In order to solve the above problems, the two-stage reverse-torque bent screw orientation tool is invented and composed of a first-stage clutch mechanism and a second-stage clutch mechanism, and the first-stage clutch mechanism and the second-stage clutch mechanism are both composed of a battery, a battery compartment, a pressure sensor, an electromagnetic valve, a body, a plug, a piston, an outer tooth cylinder, an inner tooth cylinder, a transmission cylinder, a connecting cylinder, a bearing, a limiting cylinder, a lower joint, a thrust bearing, a battery compartment, a circuit board, a cover plate and the like.

First claim

We claim:

1. A two-stage reverse-torque bent screw orientation tool, composed of a first-stage clutch mechanism ( 100 ) and a second-stage clutch mechanism ( 200 ), wherein the first-stage clutch mechanism ( 100 ) and the second-stage clutch mechanism ( 200 ) are both composed of a fixing screw A ( 1 ), a battery plug ( 2 ), a cover plate ( 3 ), a circuit board ( 4 ), a battery ( 5 ), a battery compartment ( 6 ), a pressure sensor ( 7 ), an electromagnetic valve ( 8 ), a body ( 14 ), a plug ( 15 ), a fixing screw B ( 17 ), a piston ( 18 ), an outer tooth cylinder ( 20 ), an inner tooth cylinder ( 21 ), a transmission cylinder ( 22 ), a bearing A ( 23 ), a limiting cylinder ( 24 ), a bearing B ( 25 ), a lower joint ( 26 ), a connecting cylinder ( 27 ) and a diamond compact ( 28 );
the lower joint ( 26 ) of the first-stage clutch mechanism ( 100 ) is in threaded connection with the battery compartment ( 6 ) of the second-stage clutch mechanism ( 200 );
the battery compartment ( 6 ) is in threaded connection with the body ( 14 ), the body ( 14 ) is in threaded connection with an upper end of the inner tooth cylinder ( 21 ), and a lower end of the inner tooth cylinder ( 21 ) is in threaded connection with the limiting cylinder ( 24 );
the plug ( 15 ) is in threaded connection with an upper end of the outer tooth cylinder ( 20 ), a spline A ( 2002 ) at a lower end of the outer tooth cylinder ( 20 ) is in splined connection with a spline B ( 2201 ) at an upper end of the transmission cylinder ( 22 ), a lower end of the transmission cylinder ( 22 ) is in threaded connection with an upper end of the connecting cylinder ( 27 ), and a lower end of the connecting cylinder ( 27 ) is in threaded connection with the lower joint ( 26 );
a step A ( 2101 ) is machined on the inner tooth cylinder ( 21 ) for limiting a position of the outer tooth cylinder ( 20 );
a step B ( 2003 ) is machined on the outer tooth cylinder ( 20 ) for being matched with the step A ( 2101 ) for limiting;
a bearing A ( 23 ) is assembled between the connecting cylinder ( 27 ) and the limiting cylinder ( 24 );
a bearing B ( 25 ) is assembled between the connecting cylinder ( 27 ) and the body ( 14 );
the piston ( 18 ) is assembled in a cavity formed by the plug ( 15 ) and the inner tooth cylinder ( 21 ), and the piston ( 18 ) is fixed on the body ( 14 ) through the fixing screw B ( 17 ); and
the pressure sensor ( 7 ) and the electromagnetic valve ( 8 ) are in threaded connection onto the body ( 14 ).

2. The two-stage reverse-torque bent screw orientation tool according to claim 1 , wherein the tool is composed of 2 to 4 first-stage clutch mechanisms ( 100 ) or second-stage clutch mechanisms ( 200 ) to meet requirements of different control precisions and drill rod rotating speeds.

3. The two-stage reverse-torque bent screw orientation tool according to claim 1 , wherein 4 to 8 battery mounting holes are machined in the battery compartment ( 6 ), and 4 to 8 batteries ( 5 ) are mounted to meet requirements of different electric energy.

4. The two-stage reverse-torque bent screw orientation tool according to claim 1 , wherein the cover plate ( 3 ) is composed of a signal channel ( 3001 ) and a cover plate body ( 3002 ), and the signal channel ( 3001 ) is made of a ceramic material and sintered on the cover plate body ( 3002 ) to provide the signal channel for wireless electromagnetic wave transmission.

5. The two-stage reverse-torque bent screw orientation tool according to claim 1 , wherein 1 to 3 radial through holes are machined in the inner tooth cylinder ( 21 ) for balancing an internal pressure of a cavity formed by the inner tooth cylinder ( 20 ) and the body ( 14 ); and 1 to 3 radial through holes ( 29 ) are machined in the limiting cylinder ( 24 ) for lubricating a bearing assembly ( 13 ) and balancing an internal pressure of a cavity formed by the limiting cylinder ( 24 ) and the body ( 14 ).

6. The two-stage reverse-torque bent screw orientation tool according to claim 1 , wherein an inner side and an outer side of the piston ( 18 ) are both provided with a combined sealing system of a dust ring ( 1801 ), a sealing ring ( 1802 ), and a supporting ring ( 1803 ) for isolating pressures of a piston upper hydraulic cavity ( 16 ) and a piston lower hydraulic cavity ( 19 ).

7. The two-stage reverse-torque bent screw orientation tool according to claim 1 , wherein a diamond compact ( 28 ) is sintered at a lower end of the body ( 14 ) and an upper end of the lower joint ( 26 ) to reduce a friction coefficient between the body ( 14 ) and the lower joint ( 26 ), thus improving wear resistance of the body ( 14 ) and the lower joint ( 26 ).

8. The two-stage reverse-torque bent screw orientation tool according to claim 1 , wherein a seam between an upper end of the limiting cylinder ( 24 ) and the outer tooth cylinder ( 20 ) is welded and fixed to prevent the limiting cylinder ( 24 ) from falling, so as to avoid a falling risk of the transmission cylinder ( 22 ) and the lower joint ( 26 ) caused by loosening of the limiting cylinder ( 24 ), thus further avoiding other drill tools from falling.

9. The two-stage reverse-torque bent screw orientation tool according to claim 1 , wherein the electromagnetic valve ( 8 ) is a two-position four-way electromagnetic valve, or an electromagnetic valve set capable of realizing the same function.

10. The two-stage reverse-torque bent screw orientation tool according to claim 1 , wherein rectangular teeth A ( 2102 ) are machined in an axial direction and a circumferential direction of the inner tooth cylinder ( 21 ), rectangular teeth B ( 2001 ) are machined in an axial direction and a circumferential direction of the outer tooth cylinder ( 20 ), and the rectangular teeth A ( 2102 ) and the rectangular teeth B ( 2001 ) have the same number.

Assignees

• Univ Chengdu Technology

Inventors

• Liu Qingyou
• Zhao Jianguo
• Wang Guorong
• Zhu Haiyan
• Dong Xuecheng
• Wang Xingming
• Luo Xu
• Pei Yingju
• Dai Xianwei

Classifications

• E21B17/042

  Threaded · CPC title

• E21B47/06

  Measuring temperature or pressure · CPC title

• E21B34/066

  electrically actuated · CPC title

• E21B47/13

  by electromagnetic energy, e.g. radio frequency · CPC title

• E21B31/00

  Fishing for or freeing objects in boreholes or wells · CPC title