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Date of Patent:
Feb. 17, 2015

Filed:

Jul. 27, 2010
Applicants:

Rahul Bijai, Spring, TX (US);

Zhehua Zhang, The Woodlands, TX (US);

Vikrant Bhadbhade, Spring, TX (US);

Prabhakaran K. Centala, The Woodlands, TX (US);

Inventors:

Rahul Bijai, Spring, TX (US);

Zhehua Zhang, The Woodlands, TX (US);

Vikrant Bhadbhade, Spring, TX (US);

Prabhakaran K. Centala, The Woodlands, TX (US);

Assignee:

Smith International, Inc., Houston, TX (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B21K 5/04 (2006.01); B23P 15/32 (2006.01); E21B 10/08 (2006.01); E21B 10/20 (2006.01); E21B 10/50 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 10/08 (2013.01); E21B 10/20 (2013.01); E21B 10/50 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method of manufacturing a roller cone drill bit may include forming a body of a single piece having an upper end and a lower end; machining at the lower end of the body at least two journals extending downward and radially outward from a central axis of the body; machining at least one of a ball passage, a hydraulic fluid passageway, a grease reservoir, and a lubricant passageway; and mounting roller cones on the at least two journals.


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