ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,467,319, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to BAKER HUGHES OILFIELD OPERATIONS LLC (Houston).
"Downhole motor with steering capability" was invented by Volker Peters (Niedersachsen, Germany), Andreas Peter (Celle, Germany), Christian Fulda (Lower Saxony, Germany), Tim Mueller (Burgwedel, Germany), Ingo Roders (Seelze, Germany) and Olaf Gaertner (Isernhagen, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A downhole motor, having a body having an outside surface and a longitudinal extent, a first flow passage defined within the body and disposed along the longitudinal extent of the body, and a second flow passage extending from the first flow passag...