Baker Hughes Oilfield

Armin Kueck

John Morin

Eugene Stolboushkin

Jon David Schroder

Xu Huang

Stephen Duffy

Eliah Everhard

Franklin Guillermo Valbuena

Michael L Doster

John Abhishek Raj Bomidi

A viscous dampening component is provided for use with a drill bit. The viscous dampening component may include an inertial mass ring configured to surround a shank of a drill bit, a cover configured to surround the inertial mass ring and the shank to position and maintain the inertial mass ring on the shank, and a viscous fluid disposed between the inertial mass ring and the shank. When the inertial mass ring rotates relative to the shank of the drill bit, energy is dissipated within the viscous fluid.

Viscous dampening component for use with earth-boring rotary drill bits, and earth-boring rotary drill bits including a viscous dampening component

A downhole sensor apparatus including a structure and an electronics package. The structure and the electronics package configured to be inserted into a recess in an earth-boring tool on a drill string. The downhole sensor apparatus may include a cradle extending away from a first surface of the structure. The cradle is configured to at least partially receive a battery therein. The downhole sensor apparatus includes a cap configured to engage with the earth-boring tool and secure the structure within the recess. The downhole sensor apparatus also may include a ring disposed between the structure and the cap. The ring is configured to transfer a force from the cap to the structure, forcing a second surface of the structure against a bottom surface of the recess. An earth-boring tool comprising a recess in the earth-boring tool configured to receive a downhole sensor apparatus. A method securing a downhole sensor apparatus to an earth-boring tool.

Downhole sensor apparatus and related systems, apparatus, and methods

A cutting element for an earth-boring tool includes a substrate and a volume of polycrystalline diamond on the substrate. The volume of polycrystalline diamond has exterior surfaces defining a front cutting surface, a peripheral edge, and at least a pair of angled tip surfaces defining at least one cutting tip between the pair of angled tip surfaces. The front cutting surface includes a first planar region and a second planar region, one or both of which may include a cutting tip. The front cutting surface may be characterized as generally concave. Earth-boring tools include a tool body and one or more such cutting elements secured to the tool body.

Cutting elements and geometries for reduced vibrations, earth-boring tools, and related methods

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