Patents by Inventor Edmund C. Houle, Jr.

Edmund C. Houle, Jr. 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).

  • Patent number: 4696354
    Abstract: A bit is shown for use in drilling earthen formations which includes a body having a bit face on one end and a shank on the opposite end which is connected in the drill string. The bit body has a tubular bore which communicates with an interior bore of the drill string for circulation of fluids. The bit face increases in external diameter between a nose and a gage region of the bit. A fluid opening communicates the bit face with the tubular bore for circulating fluid to the bit face. A plurality of fluid courses are disposed on the bit body, the fluid courses becoming ever wider and ever deeper along their entire disposition from their lowermost incorporation through the gage region thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 1986
    Date of Patent: September 29, 1987
    Assignee: Hughes Tool Company - USA
    Inventors: William W. King, Edmund C. Houle, Jr.