E21B 23/0423
Using step motors
Official title: {using step motors}
E21B23/0423 (Using step motors) appears on 11 US grants and 6 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in E21B- Granted patents
- 11
- Published applications
- 6
- Assignees
- 6
- Inventors
- 10
- Latest grant
- 30 Dec 2025
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- System and method for electrical control of downhole well tools30 Dec 2025US 12,509,961 B2Weatherford Technology Holdings, LLC
- Synchronized actuator having multiple motors for downhole well tool27 May 2025US 12,312,909 B2Weatherford Technology Holdings, LLC
- Service tool string with perforating gun assembly positioning tool13 Aug 2024US 12,060,779 B2Halliburton Energy Services.Inc.
- System and method for electrical control of downhole well tools28 Jun 2022US 11,371,318 B2Weatherford Technology Holdings, LLC
- Drill string orienting motor7 Jul 1998US 5,775,444 A
- System and method for electrical control of downhole well tools29 Jan 2026US 2026/0028896 A1Weatherford Technology Holdings, LLC
- Synchronized Actuator Having Multiple Motors for Downhole Well Tool12 Jun 2025US 2025/0188816 A1Weatherford Technology Holdings, LLC
- Synchronized Actuator Having Multiple Motors for Downhole Well Tool25 Jul 2024US 2024/0247565 A1Weatherford Technology Holdings, LLC
- Service Tool String with Perforating Gun Assembly Positioning Tool5 Jan 2023US 2023/0003106 A1Halliburton Energy Services.Inc.
- System and method for electrical control of downhole well tools6 Oct 2022US 2022/0316299 A1Weatherford Technology Holdings, LLC
Most cited
By later US patents
- Downhole logging and servicing system with manipulatable logging and servicing tools24US 4,697,638 AGearhart Industries, Inc. · 1987
- Directional drilling tool23US 5,259,467 A1993
- Fluid powered stepping motor for rotating a downhole assembly relative to a supporting pipe string22US 5,450,914 APrecision Radius, Inc. · 1995
- Drill string orienting motor12US 5,775,444 A1998
- Well tool which changes reciprocating movement to rotary motion11US 4,015,662 ABrown Oil Tools, Inc. · 1977