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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 29, 2011
Filed:
Feb. 27, 2009
William H. Sherwood, Jr., Spring, TX (US);
L. Richard Borremans, Conroe, TX (US);
Robert J. Costo, Jr., The Woodlands, TX (US);
James L. Duggan, Friendswood, TX (US);
William H. Sherwood, Jr., Spring, TX (US);
L. Richard Borremans, Conroe, TX (US);
Robert J. Costo, Jr., The Woodlands, TX (US);
James L. Duggan, Friendswood, TX (US);
Baker Hughes Incorporated, Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A rotary drag bit for drilling a subterranean formation includes a plurality of support elements affixed to the bit body, each forming at least a portion of a cutting element pocket. Each of a plurality of cutting elements has a substantially cylindrical body and is at least partially disposed within a cutter pocket. At least a portion of the substantially cylindrical body of each cutting element is directly secured to at least a portion of a substantially arcuate surface of the bit body. At least a portion of a substantially planar surface of each cutting element matingly engages at least a portion of a substantially planar surface of a support element.