| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 175244000 | WITH MEANS MOVABLE RELATIVE TO TOOL TO RECEIVE, RETAIN, OR SEVER UNDISTURBED CORE | 26 |
| 20110247881 | INTELLIGENT CONTROLLED PROCESS FOR WELL LATERAL CORING - A system for coring an underground formation surrounding a borehole, comprising: a tool body that can be positioned in the borehole near the formation to be cored, the tool body including a motor; a rotary drive head connected to the motor; a rotary tool connected to the rotary drive head and one end and carrying a drill bit at the other end; a drive mechanism including an operable anchor for anchoring in the borehole and an axial drive for advancing tool body and the rotary tool; and a guide for urging the rotary tool laterally from the borehole into the surrounding formation; wherein the rotary tool is a tubular coring tool conveying an annular drill bit. | 10-13-2011 |
| 20140262532 | CORE SAMPLING APPARATUS AND CONTAINER TRANSFER APPARATUS - Provided is a core sampling apparatus which maintains the internal pressure after the core drilling. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20150068812 | CORING TOOLS INCLUDING CORE SAMPLE FLAP CATCHER AND RELATED METHODS - A core sample catcher for a coring tool includes at least one flap catcher member movably coupled to an inner barrel of the coring tool. The at least one flap catcher member is configured to move between a first position and a second position. A passageway extending through the inner barrel is at least substantially un-occluded by the at least one flap catcher member in the first position and at least partially occluded by the at least one flap catcher member in the second position. The core sample catcher also includes a piston member located and configured to retain the at least one flap catcher member in the first position. The piston member is sized and configured to release the at least one flap catcher member as the piston is forced upward within the inner barrel by the core sample. Components are provided and assembled to form core sample catchers. | 03-12-2015 |
| 175245000 | Core bit closure relative upwardly movable by core | 3 |
| 20080277167 | DRY DRILLING AND CORE ACQUISITION SYSTEM - A rotary dry drilling system comprises a surface mounted drill having a drill bit and a drill bit driver rotationally connected by a hollow drill string. There is included core sample capture means adapted to travel from the head of the drill string to the tail of the drill string. The system also comprises an auger for removing cuttings from a comminution zone and cuttings fluidization means to facilitate transport of cuttings from the comminution zone to the auger. Once the cuttings are removed by the auger they are collected and transported to the surface for disposal. | 11-13-2008 |
| 20110266066 | DRY DRILLING AND CORE ACQUISITION SYSTEM - A rotary dry drilling system comprises a surface mounted drill having a drill bit and a drill bit driver rotationally connected by a hollow drill string. There is included core sample capture means adapted to travel from the head of the drill string to the tail of the drill string. The system also comprises an auger for removing cuttings from a comminution zone and cuttings fluidization means to facilitate transport of cuttings from the comminution zone to the auger. Once the cuttings are removed by the auger they are collected and transported to the surface for disposal. | 11-03-2011 |
| 20120031681 | DOWNHOLE TOOL HOUSING - A housing ( | 02-09-2012 |
| 175246000 | Receiver removable through below-ground tool shaft | 12 |
| 20090229884 | DETACHABLE LATCH HEAD FOR CORE DRILLING - A latch head assembly for a core receiving apparatus including a core tube assembly and a retrieving head is provided. The latch head assembly includes a support, a first coupling for releasably engaging the retrieving device coupled to a first end of the support, and a second coupling for releasably engaging the core tube assembly coupled to a second end of the support. A core receiving apparatus including the latch head assembly is also provided. A method for inserting and retrieving the core receiving apparatus into and from a drill string is also provided. | 09-17-2009 |
| 20090283329 | SONIC LATCH MECHANISM - A head assembly includes a body, a spearhead operatively associated with the body and configured to translate axially relative to the body, and at least one latch operatively associated with the spearhead and the body. The latch is configured to move between an extended position and a retracted position relative to the body in response to axial translation of the spearhead relative to the body. In an extended position, the latch covers more than 25% of the circumference of the body adjacent the latches. | 11-19-2009 |
| 20100012383 | HIGH PRODUCTIVITY CORE DRILLING SYSTEM - High productivity core drilling systems are described. The system includes a drill string, an inner core barrel assembly, an outer core barrel assembly, and a retrieval tool that connects the inner core barrel assembly to a wireline cable and hoist. The drill string comprises multiple variable geometry drill rods. The inner core barrel assembly comprises a non-dragging latching mechanism, such as a fluid-driven latching mechanism that contains a detent mechanism that retains the latches in either an engaged or a retracted position. The inner core barrel assembly also comprised high efficiency fluid porting. Accordingly, the drilling system significantly increases productivity and efficiency in core drilling operations by reducing the time required for the inner core barrel assembly to travel through the drill string. Other embodiments are also described. | 01-21-2010 |
| 20110100718 | CORE LIFTER - A core lifter may be used in a drilling system. An exterior surface of the core lifter may include a plurality of longitudinally-oriented recesses. The core lifter may include a raised contact feature that may extend inwardly away from a gripping surface of the core lifter. The core lifter may include a flared skirt configured to limit movement of the core lifter relative to a core lifter case. The core lifter may be formed via stamping a sheet of material. | 05-05-2011 |
| 20110174546 | CORE DRILL BIT - A drill bit is disclosed. The drill bit has an axis, and a barrel, and a cutting member fixed to the barrel. The barrel is arranged to engage a drill shaft for driving the drill bit around the axis. The barrel and the cutting member are adjacently located on the axis. The drill bit has an aperture centered on the axis, the aperture passing completely through both the cutting member and barrel. | 07-21-2011 |
| 20130032410 | Core barrel assembly including a valve - A core barrel assembly for retrieving a core sample. The core barrel assembly includes a retrieving element defining an inner tube for retrieving the core sample thereinto, a locking assembly including latch dogs for locking the core retrieving assembly inside the outer tube and a valve assembly mechanically coupled to the locking assembly and provided proximally relative thereto for controlling the flow of fluid across the core barrel assembly. The core barrel assembly is operable in a retrieving configuration in which the latch dogs are retracted and the valve assembly is closed, in a locking configuration in which a locking element locks the latch dogs in an extended configuration and the valve assembly is open and a retrieving configuration, in which the latch dogs are force in a retracted configuration and the valve assembly is open. | 02-07-2013 |
| 20130056280 | SONIC LATCH MECHANISM - A head assembly includes a body, a spearhead operatively associated with the body and configured to translate axially relative to the body, and at least one latch operatively associated with the spearhead and the body. The latch is configured to move between an extended position and a retracted position relative to the body in response to axial translation of the spearhead relative to the body. In an extended position, the latch covers more than 25% of the circumference of the body adjacent the latches. | 03-07-2013 |
| 20150114723 | Diamond core drill wire line latch assembly - A latch assembly for a diamond core drill wire line. Included is a cylindrical main body having a main body interior, an outer wall, a main body end and a latch end. A ball hole is defined through the main body. An inner shaft ball lock is contained within the main body. A spring is disposed on the inner shaft ball lock. A main body top is attached to the main body end to contain the inner shaft ball lock within the main body and limit upstream movement of the inner shaft ball lock. A steel ball is then captured between the inner shaft ball lock and the outer wall of the main body such that upon axial movement of the inner shaft ball lock the ball penetrates up through the outer wall to extend past the main body to thereby latch onto an outer tube assembly. | 04-30-2015 |
| 175247000 | With fluid pressure-responsive means to remove receiver or operate latch | 4 |
| 20130105227 | HIGH PRODUCTIVITY CORE DRILLING SYSTEM | 05-02-2013 |
| 20130192901 | UP-HOLE BUSHING AND CORE BARREL HEAD ASSEMBLY COMPRISING SAME - A bushing for positioning within a core barrel assembly during an up-hole drilling operation. | 08-01-2013 |
| 20140054093 | Latch Body Components Having Multiple Functions, And Drilling Head Assembly Incorporating Same - A latch body for use in a drilling head assembly including a fluid control subassembly, a check valve element, and/or a hollow spindle. A distal end portion of the latch body includes a port section that defines a chamber for receiving the check valve element and promoting movement of the check valve element between a blocking position and an open position. The hollow spindle of the fluid control subassembly is operatively coupled to the chamber of the port section and supports the check valve element in the blocking position. A proximal end portion of the latch body supports the fluid control subassembly of the drilling head assembly in an operative position. The latch body includes male protrusions extending inwardly toward and spaced from a longitudinal axis of the latch body. A plurality of channels extend radially outwardly from the longitudinal axis of the latch body, spanning between adjacent male protrusions. | 02-27-2014 |
| 20150014064 | CORE DRILLING TOOLS WITH EXTERNAL FLUID PATHWAYS - Implementations of the present invention include a core barrel assembly including external fluid pathways extending generally axially long the outer surface of the core barrel assembly. The one or more external fluid pathways can allow for increased fluid flow around a latch mechanism. The increased fluid flow around the latch mechanism can allow the core barrel assembly to travel faster within the drill string, can allow drilling fluid to pass by the latch mechanism when engaged. Implementations of the present invention also include drilling systems including external fluid pathways, and methods of retrieving a core sample using such drilling systems. | 01-15-2015 |
| 175249000 | Core-retaining or severing means | 8 |
| 20090078467 | Apparatus and Methods For Continuous Coring - An apparatus made according to one embodiment may include a chamber configured to receive a core at a receiving end of the chamber and a cutting device configured to cut the core at a location distal from the receiving end of the core chamber. A method according to one aspect of the disclosure may include drilling into the formation to retrieve a core, receiving the core into a chamber at an open end of a chamber, and cutting the core uphole of the open end of the chamber so as to continue to receive the core into the chamber as the drilling continues. | 03-26-2009 |
| 20110094801 | CORING APPARATUS AND METHODS TO USE THE SAME - Example coring apparatus and methods to use the same are disclosed. A disclosed example apparatus includes a housing that is selectively pivotable in a downhole tool, a rotatable coring bit, a gear drive rotatively coupled to the housing, a key member configured to engage an inner surface of the gear drive and an outer surface of the coring bit and configured to maintain a rotational relationship between the coring bit and the gear drive, a pinion rotatively coupled to the housing, the pinion configured to engage an outer surface of the gear drive, and a motor affixed to the housing and operatively coupled to the pinion, wherein the gear drive, the key member, the pinion and the motor are configured to pivot in unison with the housing. | 04-28-2011 |
| 20120000711 | Coring Apparatus And Methods To Use The Same - An apparatus for conveyance via wireline or drillstring in a wellbore extending into a subterranean formation, the apparatus comprising a coring bit assembly, a first motor operatively coupled to the coring bit assembly via a gear box to rotationally drive the coring bit assembly, and a second motor to drive the coring bit assembly into the formation while the coring bit assembly is rotated by the first motor, wherein the coring bit assembly comprises a feature to permit the coring bit assembly to be broken when the coring bit assembly becomes stuck in the formation. | 01-05-2012 |
| 20140158434 | Sediment Coring Apparatus for Preventing Loss and Disturbance of Sample in Core - Provided is a coring apparatus for collecting marine sediments, and more particularly, to a coring apparatus having a core filled with marine sediments when the coring apparatus is inserted into a seabed. | 06-12-2014 |
| 175250000 | Fluid-actuated | 1 |
| 20130146365 | QUICKLY RECONFIGURABLE CORE BARREL HEAD ASSEMBLY - A core barrel head assembly positionable within a drill string of a drilling apparatus. The core barrel head assembly includes an upper latch body having a latch assembly for engageably latching the drill string and a reduced diametric portion below the latch assembly for receiving a seal member. The reduced diametric portion has a lower coupling portion on a bottom portion thereof. The head assembly also includes a lower latch body including an upper coupling portion on a top portion thereof, and a coupler for removably coupling the upper latch body to the lower latch body. The seal member is installable on and removable from the reduced diametric portion upon uncoupling the upper latch body from the lower latch body. The head assembly is quickly reconfigurable between surface and pump in/underground configurations. Core barrel outer tube components also do not require reconfiguring between these two configurations. | 06-13-2013 |
| 175253000 | With element holding retaining or severing means inactive | 1 |
| 20120247838 | DRILL BIT AND CORE RETAINING DEVICE - A core retaining device for use with a core drill bit, the bit adapted for cutting a core from a material. The core retaining device comprises: a core attachment mechanism for releasably connecting the core retaining device to the core; a bearing connected to the core attachment mechanism allowing the drill bit to rotate while said core attachment mechanism remains statically connected to the core; and a biasing arrangement operably connecting between the drill bit and the core via the bearing, axially biasing the core away from the material preventing the core from slipping from the drill bit. | 10-04-2012 |
| 175254000 | Mounted on transverse pivot | 1 |
| 20090229885 | APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR CATCHING A CORE - A core catcher includes a catcher rod removably attachable to a core drill. The catcher rod is inserted through a pilot hole in a substrate from which a core is to be removed. A catching element is removably attachable such as by clamping the catching element to a distal end of the catcher rod on an underside of the substrate. A bearing may be disposed between the catching element and the substrate. When severed from the substrate, the core falls only a short distance along the catcher rod and comes to rest on the bearing and the catching element. Thus, the core is inhibited from falling to a floor or ground below the substrate. A bucket may also be supported on the distal end of the catcher rod in order to collect cutting fluid. | 09-17-2009 |
| 175255000 | Sliding wedge type (e.g., slips) | 1 |
| 20130313024 | Core Drilling Tools With Retractably Lockable Driven Latch Mechanisms - Implementations of the present invention include a core barrel assembly having a driven latch mechanism. The driven latch mechanism can lock the core barrel assembly axially and rotationally relative to a drill string. The driven latch mechanism can include a plurality of wedge members positioned on a plurality of driving surfaces. Rotation of the drill string can cause the plurality of wedge members to wedge between an inner diameter of the drill string and the plurality of driving surfaces, thereby rotationally locking the core barrel assembly relative to the drill string. The driven latch mechanism can further include a refracted groove adapted to lock the plurality of wedge members radially within the core barrel assembly, thereby allowing for faster travel within the drill string. Implementations of the present invention also include drilling systems including such driven latch mechanisms, and methods of retrieving a core sample using such drilling systems. | 11-28-2013 |
