Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Steering head
- Patent Title (中): 转向头
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Application No.: US12433587Application Date: 2009-04-30
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Publication No.: US08276687B2Publication Date: 2012-10-02
- Inventor: William Malcolm
- Applicant: William Malcolm
- Applicant Address: US SC Greenville
- Assignee: McLaughlin Group, Inc.
- Current Assignee: McLaughlin Group, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US SC Greenville
- Agency: Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, LLP
- Main IPC: E21B7/08
- IPC: E21B7/08

Abstract:
A steering head for use with an auger and a casing engaged to the auger, the steering head comprising: a generally cylindrical body having a first body end and a second body end mountable to the casing, a bore channel concentrically received in the body, a front lip, a rear lip, a body surface, and a lead edge; an outer tube having an internal side covering the body surface and an opposing external side; a steering flap disposed on the external side of the outer tube having a first flap face and a second flap face, a distal end, and a hinge end, the steering flap disposable in a retracted position and an extended position; a biased hinge operative to retract the steering flap into the retracted position; and a powered actuator operative to extend the first flap face into the extended position.
Public/Granted literature
- US20100276203A1 STEERING HEAD Public/Granted day:2010-11-04
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