Patents by Inventor Zhonghou Shen

Zhonghou Shen 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).

  • Publication number: 20060113114
    Abstract: A drill tool comprising a drill pipe having a turbine and a hydraulic pump, wherein drilling fluid is passed through the turbine and into the hydraulic pump through a hollow shaft in the drill pipe. The drill tool also includes a high pressure jet at a distal end of the drill pipe for discharging drill fluid at a pressure which is between 20 and 40 MPa greater than the ambient pressure of the drill hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2005
    Publication date: June 1, 2006
    Inventors: Feng Jin, Zhonghou Shen
  • Patent number: 5072796
    Abstract: A boring bit for drilling is provided comprising one set of rotatable toothed wheels secured thereon as well as one set of tubular nozzles and one central nozzle for injecting drilling fluid from a chamber in bit body toward the bottom of a borehole. The boring bit comprises the inlet end of said tubular nozzle being secured on the bit body and connected with said chamber while its outlet end is quite close during operation to the lowest point of toothed wheels and the bottom of a borehole, and the fluid passage of said tubular nozzle from the inlet end to the outlet end is straight and cylindrical. Branch fluid passages are provided on the main fluid passage of said central nozzle for washing and cooling toothed wheels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 1990
    Date of Patent: December 17, 1991
    Assignee: University of Petroleum, China
    Inventors: Zhonghou Shen, Yiji Xu, DeXin Wang