US 12,326,083 B1
Secondary steering pad retention mechanism
Lizheng Zhang, Houston, TX (US)
Assigned to Halliburton Energy Services, Inc., Houston, TX (US)
Filed by Halliburton Energy Services, Inc., Houston, TX (US)
Filed on Feb. 19, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/581,188.
Int. Cl. E21B 7/06 (2006.01)
CPC E21B 7/06 (2013.01) 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A rotary steerable system, comprising:
a tool collar having a plurality of cavities and a plurality of through holes extending therethrough to interconnect the plurality of cavities, the tool collar having a downhole end and an uphole end;
a plurality of pad pushers each positionable within the plurality of cavities to be indirectly coupled to the tool collar using fasteners and some of the plurality of through holes, and a respective primary pad retention housing, each pad pusher to be coupled to the respective pad retention housing on the uphole end and the downhole end; and
a secondary retention mechanism to be slidably attached to the tool collar and coupled with the respective pad retention housing.