Patents by Inventor Amanda K. Ohm

Amanda K. Ohm has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Components of drilling assemblies, drilling assemblies, and methods of stabilizing drilling assemblies in wellbores in subterranean formations
    Patent number: 9677344
    Abstract: A component of a drilling assembly comprises at least one blade having a gauge region comprising a bearing face for engaging a sidewall of a wellbore in a subterranean formation during rotation of the drilling assembly, and a rotationally leading edge rotationally preceding the bearing face and comprising an engagement profile comprising at least one of at least one chamfered surface and at least one radiused surface, the engagement profile different than another engagement profile of another rotationally leading edge of another region of the at least one blade. A drilling assembly, and a method for stabilizing a drilling assembly in a wellbore in a subterranean formation are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: Baker Hughes Incorporated
    Inventors: Steven R. Radford, Amanda K. Ohm, Ajay V. Kulkarni
  • COMPONENTS OF DRILLING ASSEMBLIES, DRILLING ASSEMBLIES, AND METHODS OF STABILIZING DRILLING ASSEMBLIES IN WELLBORES IN SUBTERRANEAN FORMATIONS
    Publication number: 20140246242
    Abstract: A component of a drilling assembly comprises at least one blade having a gauge region comprising a bearing face for engaging a sidewall of a wellbore in a subterranean formation during rotation of the drilling assembly, and a rotationally leading edge rotationally preceding the bearing face and comprising an engagement profile comprising at least one of at least one chamfered surface and at least one radiused surface, the engagement profile different than another engagement profile of another rotationally leading edge of another region of the at least one blade. A drilling assembly, and a method for stabilizing a drilling assembly in a wellbore in a subterranean formation are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2013
    Publication date: September 4, 2014
    Applicant: BAKER HUGHES INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Steven R. Radford, Amanda K. Ohm, Ajay V. Kulkarni