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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 06, 2020
Filed:
Nov. 20, 2016
Smith International, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Michael G. Azar, The Woodlands, TX (US);
Somasundaram Valliyappan, Spring, TX (US);
Jason R. Gregg, Conroe, TX (US);
Jordan Mark Self, Littleton, CO (US);
Keisha Marie Spagnoletti, Denver, CO (US);
Alexei Jozef Barr, Pearland, TX (US);
Balasubramanian Durairajan, Sugar Land, TX (US);
SMITH INTERNATIONAL, INC., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A downhole cutting tool includes a body having a central axis extending therethrough, a plurality of blades extending outwardly from the body and converging towards a central region around the central axis, and at least one cutting element having a longitudinal axis, a non-cylindrical substrate, and an ultra-hard material body on the non-cylindrical substrate, the ultra-hard material body having a side surface extending around a cutting face and defining a cross-sectional shape of the ultra-hard material body, and the side surface comprising an edge having an inner angle of less than 180 degrees.