US Patent Issued to Hunting Energy Services on Sept. 16 for "Bearing assembly for a dual rod directional drilling apparatus and method of use" (Louisiana Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,416,327, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to Hunting Energy Services LLC (Houston).

"Bearing assembly 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, which mud flow is normally used f...