US Patent Issued to FRAUNHOFER-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FORDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG on Aug. 12 for "Drilling turbine and method of directional drilling" (German Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,385,321, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to FRAUNHOFER-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FORDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E.V. (Munich).

"Drilling turbine and method of directional drilling" was invented by Niklas Geissler (Bochum, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A drilling turbine (1) comprises a housing (2) in which a drive shaft (6) is rotatably mounted, and a turbine impeller (3) designed to set the drive shaft (6) in rotation. The drive shaft (6) is connectable to a drilling tool (4, 5). The housing has at least one drive line (9, 12) with at least one drive mouth (19), through which a drive fluid can be directed onto the turbine impeller ...