Inverted motor for drilling rocks, soils and man-made materials and for re-entry and cleanout of existing wellbores and pipes
View Patent ↗An inverted motor with a drilling utensil attached to or integrated as part of an outer motor housing that rotates around a fixed non-rotating shaft or tube. The non-rotating shaft or tube is attached to a fixed base and can extend to the end or past the end of the drilling utensil. A rotary motor is positioned between the outer rotating housing and center fixed shaft and imparts force and motion to the housing and drilling utensil. A channel traverses through the length of the shaft or tube to allow fluids or wires to fully or partially bypass the motor.
1. An inverted motor for drilling comprising:
a motor base in communication with a non-rotating shaft;
a rotatable external motor housing;
at least one motor cavity formed and positioned between said rotatable housing and said non-rotating shaft with said non-rotating shaft passing axially through said housing;
a drilling utensil attached to said motor housing;
a motor positioned within said motor cavity wherein said motor is electrically activated; and
at least one channel in said non-rotating shaft with at least one entrance aperture and at least one exit aperture.
2. The motor of claim 1 further comprising a drilling utensil integrated as a portion of said motor housing.
3. The motor of claim 1 wherein said non-rotating shaft traverses and extends beyond an internal portion of said housing.
4. The inverted motor of claim 1 further comprising the attachment of said motor base to a hollow tubular string.
5. The motor of claim 1 wherein a portion of the said shaft that extends beyond a forward end of the drilling utensil and has an angled or bent orientation as related to an axis of the housing and base.
6. The motor of claim 1 further comprising a means for providing more than one motor in positional series and facilitating power fluid flow progression sequentially through each motor.
7. The motor of claim 6 wherein said motor is arranged in positional series with each motor or motor stage angularly offset to one another.
8. The motor of claim 6 further comprising a means for substantially balancing generated axial forces of said motor via internal design of opposing motors.
9. The inverted motor of claim 6 wherein net torque is transmitted to a hollow tubular string and is substantially balanced.
10. The motor of claim 1 further comprising a means for providing more than one motor in positional series and facilitating power fluid flow progression in parallel through each motor.
11. The motor of claim 10 wherein said motor is arranged in positional series with each motor or motor stage angularly offset to one another.
12. The motor of claim 10 further comprising a means for substantially balancing generated axial forces of said motor via internal design of opposing motors.
13. The inverted motor of claim 10 wherein net torque is transmitted to a hollow tubular string and is substantially balanced.
14. The motor of claim 1 further comprising a means for providing for installation of wires or cables through a central shaft channel thereby bypassing any given motor section or stage.
15. The inverted motor of claim 1 wherein said rotation can proceed in either a clockwise or counter-clockwise rotation.
16. The inverted motor of claim 1 further comprising an off-axis oriented nozzle or nozzle devise attached to said non-rotating shaft.
17. The motor of claim 1 wherein pressurized fluid is pumped to said motor base and is predominately a water-based fluid.
18. The motor of claim 1 wherein pressurized fluid is pumped to said motor base and is predominately an oil-based fluid.
19. The motor of claim 1 wherein pressurized fluid is pumped to said motor base and is predominately a gaseous composition.
20. The motor of claim 1 wherein said shaft channel is an axial channel through said non-rotating shaft and wherein said channel passes axially through said shaft through said entire motor.
21. An inverted motor for drilling comprising:
a non-rotating shaft;
a rotatable external motor housing;
at least one motor cavity having a motor therein between said rotatable housing and said non-rotating shaft;
a drilling tool attached to said motor housing; and
at least one channel in said non-rotating shaft with at least one entrance aperture and at least one exit aperture in said drilling tool.
22. An inverted motor for drilling as set forth in claim 1 wherein said at least one channel is a fluid flow channel which is linear from said entrance aperture to said exit aperture.
23. An inverted motor for drilling as set forth in claim 1 wherein said non-rotating shaft has a pair of opposed ends and said motor base is in communication with only one said end of said non-rotating shaft.
24. An inverted motor for drilling comprising:
a motor base in communication with a non-rotating shaft wherein said motor base has an angled or bent orientation to an axis of the non-rotating shaft;
a rotatable external motor housing;
at least one motor cavity formed and positioned between said rotatable housing and said non-rotating shaft with said non-rotating shaft passing axially through said housing;
a drilling utensil attached to said motor housing;
a motor positioned within said motor cavity; and
at least one channel in said non-rotating shaft with at least one entrance aperture and at least one exit aperture.