Baker Hughes, a Ge Compnay, LLC

Baker Hughes Holdings LLC

William Schoen

Steven Craig Russell

David Gavia

An earth-boring tool may include a plurality of blades extending axially and radially from a body. A first plurality of cutting elements may be disposed along rotationally leading faces of the plurality of blades. A pocket may be formed within a blade, and the pocket may extend angularly into the blade from a rotationally leading face of the blade within a shoulder region of the blade. A second plurality of cutting elements may be disposed within the at least one pocket. A ratio of a cutting profile height of the earth-boring tool and a diameter of the earth-boring tool may be within a range of about 0.15 and about 0.25. A rotational pathway of at least one cutting element of the second plurality of cutting elements may at least partially overlaps with another rotational pathway of at least one cutting element of the first plurality of cutting elements.

Earth-boring tools having pockets trailing rotationally leading faces of blades and having cutting elements disposed therein and related methods

An earth-boring tool may include a plurality of blades extending axially and radially from a body. A first plurality of cutting elements may be disposed along rotationally leading faces of the plurality of blades. A pocket may be formed within a blade, and the pocket may extend angularly into the blade from a rotationally leading face of the blade within a shoulder region of the blade. A second plurality of cutting elements may be disposed within the at least one pocket. A rotational pathway of at least one cutting element of the second plurality of cutting elements may at least partially overlaps with another rotational pathway of at least one cutting element of the first plurality of cutting elements.

Earth boring tools with pockets having cutting elements disposed therein trailing rotationally leading faces of blades and related methods

An earth-boring tool includes a body, a plurality of blades attached to the body and extending at least to a nose region of the earth-boring tool, a first rotatable cutting structure assembly coupled to the body, and a second rotatable cutting structure assembly coupled to the body. The first rotatable cutting structure assembly includes a first leg and a first rotatable cutting structure rotatably coupled to the first leg. A first cutting profile of the first rotatable cutting structure extends at least from a gage region of the earth-boring tool and at least partially through a cone region of the earth-boring tool. The second rotatable cutting structure assembly includes a second leg and a second rotatable cutting structure rotatably coupled to the second leg. A second cutting profile of the second rotatable cutting structure extends only from the gage region of the earth-boring tool and to an innermost boundary of a nose region of the earth-boring tool.

Earth boring tools having fixed blades and varying sized rotatable cutting structures and related methods

An earth-boring tool may include a body and at least one rotatable cutting structure assembly. The rotatable cutting structure assembly may include a leg, a rotatable cutting structure rotatably coupled to the leg, and a resistance actuator configured to impose rotational resistance on the rotatable cutting structure relative to the leg. An earth-boring to may include a plurality of rotatable cutting structure assemblies coupled to the bit body and a plurality of blades coupled to the body. A method of drilling a borehole may include rotating an earth-boring tool within the borehole, causing rotational resistance to be imposed on at least one rotatable cutting structure of the earth-boring tool, causing a blade of the earth-boring tool to be pushed into a sidewall of the borehole, and side cutting the sidewall of the borehole with the blade.

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William Schoen