Boring or penetrating the earth – Bit or bit element – Specific or diverse material
Reexamination Certificate
2008-08-26
2011-11-22
Gay, Jennifer H (Department: 3676)
Boring or penetrating the earth
Bit or bit element
Specific or diverse material
Reexamination Certificate
active
08061456
ABSTRACT:
A cutting element for an earth boring bit, may include a PDC layer having a flat on a periphery thereof, the flat terminating longitudinally at an edge spaced from a cutting face of the PDC layer. A chamfer adjacent to the cutting face desirably has a length that exceeds its depth. A cutting element may additionally include a chamfer along the entire circumference, multiple step-wise, radially adjacent chamfers, and multiple circumferentially spaced portions of the uppermost radius of the PDC layer of the cutting element that each includes a chamfer with an associated flat. Additionally, a cutting element may include a flat terminating at a radial edge with the cutting face of a PDC layer.
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Patel Suresh G.
Scott Danny E.
Sinor L. Allen
Baker Hughes Incorporated
Gay Jennifer H
TraskBritt
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