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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 11, 2014
Filed:
Apr. 26, 2010
Jimykumar Prajapati, Houston, TX (US);
Navish Makkar, Houston, TX (US);
Michael James Rodgers, Humble, TX (US);
Robert Patrick Moore, Conroe, TX (US);
Dwayne P. Terracina, Spring, TX (US);
Jimykumar Prajapati, Houston, TX (US);
Navish Makkar, Houston, TX (US);
Michael James Rodgers, Humble, TX (US);
Robert Patrick Moore, Conroe, TX (US);
Dwayne P. Terracina, Spring, TX (US);
Smith International, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A drilling tool including a tool body and a cutter pocket formed in the tool body, the cutter pocket including a front planar surface, a back planar surface opposite the front planar surface, a first side surface between the front and back planar surfaces, and a second side surface opposite the first side surface and between the front and back planar surfaces is disclosed herein. A method of manufacturing a drilling tool including machining a tool body having a cutter pocket in accordance with embodiments disclosed herein, disposing a cutting element in the cutter pocket, and brazing the cutting element in the cutter pocket is disclosed.