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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 03, 2019
Filed:
Jan. 13, 2017
Baker Hughes, a GE Company, Llc, Houston, TX (US);
Volker Richert, Celle/Gross-Hehlen, DE;
Baker Hughes, a GE company, LLC, Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
An impregnated bit for forming a wellbore in an earth formation includes a bit body having a proximal end, a distal end, and a longitudinal axis. A bit face is located at the distal end and extends between the longitudinal axis and a gage. The bit face comprises at least one blade extending radially outward from the longitudinal axis toward the gage and comprising an outer surface to engage formation material. The outer surface of the at least one blade may extend substantially linearly from a distalmost point of the bit face coincident with the longitudinal axis and at an acute angle relative to a line perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the bit body. The bit face may comprise a first fluid channel extending radially within and across the bit face and a second fluid channel extending radially within and across a portion of the bit face.