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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 19, 2014
Filed:
Jun. 21, 2011
Danny E. Scott, Montgomery, TX (US);
Timothy K. Marvel, The Woodlands, TX (US);
Yavuz Kadioglu, Spring, TX (US);
Michael R. Wells, The Woodlands, TX (US);
Danny E. Scott, Montgomery, TX (US);
Timothy K. Marvel, The Woodlands, TX (US);
Yavuz Kadioglu, Spring, TX (US);
Michael R. Wells, The Woodlands, TX (US);
Baker Hughes Incorporated, Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
Cutting elements for use with earth-boring tools include a cutting table having at least two sections where a boundary between the at least two sections is at least partially defined by a discontinuity formed in the cutting table. Earth-boring tools including a tool body and a plurality of cutting elements carried by the tool body. The cutting elements include a cutting table secured to a substrate. The cutting table includes a plurality of adjacent sections, each having a discrete cutting edge where at least one section is configured to be selectively detached from the substrate in order to substantially expose a cutting edge of an adjacent section. Methods for fabricating cutting elements for use with an earth-boring tool including forming a cutting table comprising a plurality of adjacent sections.