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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 06, 2012
Filed:
Sep. 28, 2010
Chaitanya K. Vempati, The Woodlands, TX (US);
Jack T. Oldham, Conroe, TX (US);
Suresh G. Patel, The Woodlands, TX (US);
Danielle M. Fuselier, Spring, TX (US);
Chaitanya K. Vempati, The Woodlands, TX (US);
Jack T. Oldham, Conroe, TX (US);
Suresh G. Patel, The Woodlands, TX (US);
Danielle M. Fuselier, Spring, TX (US);
Baker Hughes Incorporated, Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
Earth-boring tools comprise a body having a face at a leading end. A plurality of cutting elements are disposed over the face and configured as a plurality of kerfing pairs comprising two or more cutting elements disposed at substantially the same radial position relative to a bit axis, wherein each of the at least two cutting elements follows substantially the same cutting path when the bit is rotated about its axis. Earth-boring tools are further configured so that a summation of a lateral force generated during drilling by each cutting element of the plurality of cutting elements is directed toward a side of the body.