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Date of Patent:
Jan. 04, 2011

Filed:

Nov. 13, 2007
Applicants:

J. Daniel Belnap, Pleasant Grove, UT (US);

Guodong Zhan, Spring, TX (US);

Xiayang Sheng, Sugar Land, TX (US);

Youhe Zhang, Tomball, TX (US);

Madapusi K. Keshavan, The Woodlands, TX (US);

Harry Pratt, Humble, TX (US);

Yuelin Shen, Houston, TX (US);

Inventors:

J. Daniel Belnap, Pleasant Grove, UT (US);

Guodong Zhan, Spring, TX (US);

Xiayang Sheng, Sugar Land, TX (US);

Youhe Zhang, Tomball, TX (US);

Madapusi K. Keshavan, The Woodlands, TX (US);

Harry Pratt, Humble, TX (US);

Yuelin Shen, Houston, TX (US);

Assignee:

Smith International, Inc., Houston, TX (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B24D 3/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A sintered polycrystalline composite for cutting tools that includes a plurality of diamond or cubic boron nitride particles; a plurality of nanotube materials; and a refractory or binder material is disclosed. Methods of forming such polycrystalline composites that include integrating or mixing a plurality of nanotube materials with diamond or cubic boron nitride particle and/or refractory or binder particles are also disclosed.


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