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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 2020
Filed:
May. 01, 2017
Applicant:
Oerlikon Metco (Us) Inc., Westbury, NY (US);
Inventors:
Zhongming Wang, Houston, TX (US);
Andrew Bell, Houston, TX (US);
Robert Horswell, Houston, TX (US);
Ramamurthy Viswanadham, Spring, TX (US);
Assignee:
Oerlikon Metco (US) Inc., Westbury, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 10/42 (2006.01); E21B 10/54 (2006.01); B22D 19/06 (2006.01); B22D 19/14 (2006.01); C22C 29/00 (2006.01); C22C 29/08 (2006.01); C22C 1/10 (2006.01); B22F 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 10/54 (2013.01); B22D 19/06 (2013.01); B22D 19/14 (2013.01); C22C 1/1068 (2013.01); C22C 29/005 (2013.01); C22C 29/08 (2013.01); E21B 10/42 (2013.01); B22F 2005/001 (2013.01);
Abstract
A drill bit comprising a body that includes a metal matrix composite (MMC). The MMC comprises a mixture comprising a plurality of particles and another plurality of particles, wherein each of the other plurality of particles is softer than each of the plurality of particles. The MMC comprises a metallic binding material that is metallurgically bonded to each of the plurality of particles and the other plurality of particles.