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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 22, 1992
Filed:
Mar. 01, 1991
Applicant:
Inventors:
Danny E Scott, Houston, TX (US);
Stephen R Jurewicz, Houston, TX (US);
Assignee:
Hughes Tool Company, Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B24D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
51293 ; 51298 ; 51309 ;
Abstract
A method is shown for manufacturing a diamond filled compact of the type used as a cutting insert which is received in a cutting insert pocket in a drill bit. A hard metal jacket is provided having an open end and an open interior. The open interior is substantially filled with diamond. The diamond filled jacket is subjected to a temperature and a pressure sufficient to sinter the diamond and integrally form a diamond core within the hard metal jacket. The outer dimensions of the hard metal jacket are then reduced to a size selected to conform to a cutting insert pocket provided on the face of a drill bit.