Drilling head with non-rotating annular seal assembly

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 10190378
APP PUB NO 20180030799A1
SERIAL NO

15221940

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A drilling head can include an annular seal assembly releasably secured in an outer housing, the annular seal assembly including an annular seal and an actuator that pressurizes a lubricant for delivery to an interior of the annular seal. A method can include positioning an annular seal in a drilling head, the annular seal including an inner liner having openings formed through a sidewall of the inner liner, and flowing a lubricant into an opening while the inner liner sealingly engages a tubular. In another method, the annular seal can have a minimum inner diameter for sealing engagement with a tubular, and a lubricant passage extending through the annular seal and intersecting an interior of the annular seal at a location spaced apart from the minimum inner diameter. A lubricant is flowed through the lubricant passage to the interior of the annular seal.

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  • WEATHERFORD TECHNOLOGY HOLDINGS, LLC

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Alajbegovic, Vahidin Cypress, US 11 92
Ring, Lev Houston, US 188 5698

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