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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 2026
Filed:
Mar. 12, 2021
Applicant:
National Oilwell Varco, L.p., Houston, TX (US);
Inventors:
Biju P. Kumar, Houston, TX (US);
Richard Rivera, Jr., Conroe, TX (US);
Tom Scott Roberts, Montgomery, TX (US);
Brad Ivie, Hamilton, MT (US);
Richard Jordan, Gloucestershire, GB;
Assignee:
NATIONAL OILWELL VARCO, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C22C 26/00 (2006.01); B22F 1/18 (2022.01); C22C 1/10 (2023.01); E21B 10/567 (2006.01); B22F 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C22C 26/00 (2013.01); B22F 1/18 (2022.01); C22C 1/101 (2013.01); E21B 10/5676 (2013.01); B22F 2005/001 (2013.01); B22F 2301/15 (2013.01); B22F 2302/406 (2013.01); B22F 2304/10 (2013.01); B22F 2998/10 (2013.01);
Abstract
A polycrystalline composite tool component and associated methods are disclosed. In one example plurality of diamond particles are coated with a conforming catalyst metal coating and a plurality of graphene particles. Various asymmetric distributions of graphene particles are shown that provide a variety of material properties.