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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 08, 2022
Filed:
Dec. 14, 2016
Applicant:
Smith International, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Inventors:
Yahua Bao, Orem, UT (US);
John Daniel Belnap, Lindon, UT (US);
Gregory Caron, Lehi, UT (US);
Feng Yu, Lindon, UT (US);
Cheng Peng, Orem, UT (US);
Michael David France, Lehi, UT (US);
John Parker, Spanish Fork, UT (US);
Anatoliy Garan, Provo, UT (US);
Assignee:
SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 10/55 (2006.01); E21B 10/42 (2006.01); E21B 10/54 (2006.01); E21B 10/58 (2006.01); E21B 10/573 (2006.01); E21B 10/567 (2006.01); E21B 10/48 (2006.01); B23P 15/28 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 10/55 (2013.01); E21B 10/42 (2013.01); E21B 10/485 (2013.01); E21B 10/54 (2013.01); E21B 10/5676 (2013.01); E21B 10/573 (2013.01); E21B 10/58 (2013.01); B23P 15/28 (2013.01);
Abstract
A cutting device for use in a drill bit has a body including an ultrahard material. The body has a top surface, a front surface, and at least one lateral surface adjacent the top surface. The lateral surface is oriented at a surface angle relative to the top surface between 30 and 150 degrees. One or more locking features are located on the lateral surface.