US Patent Issued to Schlumberger Technology on July 28 for "Systems and methods for steering a drill bit" (British Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,692,749, issued on July 28, was assigned to Schlumberger Technology Corp. (Sugar Land, Texas).

"Systems and methods for steering a drill bit" was invented by Edward Richards (Stonehouse, Great Britain) and Riadh Boualleg (Stonehouse, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device may include a body having a longitudinal axis. A device may include a deployable steering pad radially movable relative to the body, wherein the deployable steering pad has a retracted state defining a retracted radius from the longitudinal axis and a deployed state defining a deployed radius from the longitudinal axis. A device may include a kicker plate...