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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.

Date of Patent:
Dec. 25, 2012

Filed:

Sep. 02, 2011
Applicants:

Gary E. Weaver, Conroe, TX (US);

Seth G. Anderle, Spring, TX (US);

Ram L. Ladi, Tomball, TX (US);

Inventors:

Gary E. Weaver, Conroe, TX (US);

Seth G. Anderle, Spring, TX (US);

Ram L. Ladi, Tomball, TX (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 10/00 (2006.01); E21B 10/62 (2006.01); E21B 10/627 (2006.01); E21B 10/633 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

The present disclosure provides mechanical attachments of TSD body to a carrier or substrate sufficient to allow eventual conventional attachment of the TSD to a drill bit or other component. According to one aspect, the disclosure includes a composite assembly including a thermally stable diamond (TSD) body and a substrate with aligned holes and a joining pin located in the aligned holes to mechanically attach the TSD body and substrate. The composite assembly may lack any non-mechanical attachment between the TSD body and the substrate, or may lack particular types of non-mechanical attachments. The disclosure also provides drill bits and other devices containing such composite assemblies as well as methods of making such composite assemblies and drill bits or other devices.


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