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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 14, 2014
Filed:
Aug. 06, 2010
Nephi M. Mourik, Provo, UT (US);
Peter T. Cariveau, Draper, UT (US);
Michael Stewart, Provo, UT (US);
Frederico Bellin, The Woodlands, TX (US);
Yi Fang, Provo, UT (US);
Nephi M. Mourik, Provo, UT (US);
Peter T. Cariveau, Draper, UT (US);
Michael Stewart, Provo, UT (US);
Frederico Bellin, The Woodlands, TX (US);
Yi Fang, Provo, UT (US);
Smith International, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
An insert for a drill bit may include a metallic carbide body; an outer layer of polycrystalline diamond material on the outermost end of the insert, the polycrystalline diamond material comprising a plurality of interconnected first diamond grains and a first binder material in interstitial regions between the interconnected first diamond grains; and at least two transition layers between the metallic carbide body and the outer layer, the at least two transition layers comprising: an outermost transition layer comprising a composite of second diamond grains, first metal carbide or carbonitride particles, and a second binder material; and an innermost transition layer comprising a composite of third diamond grains, second metal carbide or carbonitride particles, and a third binder material wherein a thickness of the outer layer is lesser than that of each of the at least two transition layers.