US Patent Issued to Hunting Energy Services on July 28 for "Bearing assembly with flow restrictor for a dual rod directional drilling apparatus and method of use" (Louisiana Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,692,750, issued on July 28, was assigned to Hunting Energy Services LLC (Houston).

"Bearing assembly with flow restrictor for a dual rod directional drilling apparatus and method of use" was invented by Gregory Lynn Adkins (Lafayette, La.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A rock housing for horizontal directional drilling machine includes a cylindrical housing body with walls defining a longitudinal cavity. A bearing assembly is provided as a part of the housing and is located above a bit box region of the housing. The bearing assembly is lubricated by drilling mud which flows through the drill string of the drilling machine. A portion of t...