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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 03, 2016
Filed:
Jul. 20, 2012
Tu Tien Trinh, Houston, TX (US);
Eric Sullivan, Houston, TX (US);
Xiaomin C. Cheng, The Woodlands, TX (US);
Gregory C. Prevost, Spring, TX (US);
Feyzi Inanc, Spring, TX (US);
Yi Liu, Houston, TX (US);
Jason R. Habernal, Magnolia, TX (US);
Tu Tien Trinh, Houston, TX (US);
Eric Sullivan, Houston, TX (US);
Xiaomin C. Cheng, The Woodlands, TX (US);
Gregory C. Prevost, Spring, TX (US);
Feyzi Inanc, Spring, TX (US);
Yi Liu, Houston, TX (US);
Jason R. Habernal, Magnolia, TX (US);
BAKER HUGHES INCORPORATED, Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
In one aspect, a method of making a drill bit is disclosed that includes selecting a drill bit configuration, obtaining a stress map for the drill bit configuration relating to a drilling operation, performing a mechanical test with an actual drill bit having the selected configuration, and selecting a location on a surface of the drill bit for installing a sensor thereat based on a location of low stress from the stress map and results of the mechanical test, and placing a sensor at the selected location.