Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Placement of cutting elements on secondary cutting structures of drilling tool assemblies
- Patent Title (中): 切割元件在钻具组件的二次切割结构上的放置
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Application No.: US12179469Application Date: 2008-07-24
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Publication No.: US07954564B2Publication Date: 2011-06-07
- Inventor: Navish Makkar , Wei Tang , Gordon Whipple , Tommy Laird , Gail Nelson
- Applicant: Navish Makkar , Wei Tang , Gordon Whipple , Tommy Laird , Gail Nelson
- Applicant Address: US TX Houston
- Assignee: Smith International, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Smith International, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Houston
- Agency: Osha Liang LLP
- Main IPC: E21B10/32
- IPC: E21B10/32

Abstract:
A secondary cutting structure for sure in a drilling assembly, the secondary cutting structure including a tubular body and a block, extendable from the tubular body, the block including a first arrangement of cutting elements disposed on a first blade and a second arrangement of cutting elements disposed on a second blade, wherein the second arrangement is a modified redundant arrangement. Also, a secondary cutting structure for use in a drilling assembly, the secondary cutting structure including a leading blade disposed on a first block and a trailing blade disposed on the first block adjacent the leading blade. Additionally, the secondary cutting structure includes a unique blade disposed on a second block, wherein a gage portion of at least one of the blades has a length between 30% and 45% of a total blade length.
Public/Granted literature
- US20100018779A1 PLACEMENT OF CUTTING ELEMENTS ON SECONDARY CUTTING STRUCTURES OF DRILLING TOOL ASSEMBLIES Public/Granted day:2010-01-28
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