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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 2020
Filed:
Sep. 21, 2016
Smith International, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Youhe Zhang, Spring, TX (US);
Chen Chen, New Haven, CT (US);
Yuri Burhan, Spring, TX (US);
Balasubramanian Durairajan, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Sandeep Tammineni, Dhahran, SA;
SMITH INTERNATIONAL, INC., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A cutting element includes a cutting end extending a depth from a cutting face to an interface surface opposite from the cutting face, and a spindle, the spindle axially separated from the cutting end by a transition region. The spindle has a spindle diameter measured between a spindle side surface, which is less than a cutting end diameter. A guide length, measured from a point of transition to the transition region to a retention feature, is longer than 75% of a total length of the spindle.