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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 13, 2018
Filed:
May. 20, 2014
Applicants:
Smith International, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Schlumberger Technology Corporation, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Inventors:
David R. Hall, Provo, UT (US);
Francis Leany, Salem, UT (US);
John J. Pierce, Provo, UT (US);
Youhe Zhang, Spring, TX (US);
Yuri Burhan, Spring, TX (US);
Assignees:
SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION, Sugar Land, TX (US);
SMITH INTERNATIONAL, INC., Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21C 35/197 (2006.01); B28D 1/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E21C 35/197 (2013.01); B28D 1/188 (2013.01);
Abstract
A cutting element assembly includes a cutting element partially disposed within a support and a retention mechanism disposed between the cutting element and the support, both the axial and radial dimensions of the retention mechanism being deformable.