Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Cutting element apparatuses, drill bits including same, methods of cutting, and methods of rotating a cutting element
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Application No.: US14561031Application Date: 2014-12-04
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Publication No.: US09382762B2Publication Date: 2016-07-05
- Inventor: Craig H. Cooley , Timothy N. Sexton , S. Barrett Peterson , Jeffrey Lund , Christopher F. Johnson
- Applicant: US SYNTHETIC CORPORATION
- Applicant Address: US UT Orem
- Assignee: US Synthetic Corporation
- Current Assignee: US Synthetic Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US UT Orem
- Agency: Holland & Hart LLP
- Main IPC: E21B10/42
- IPC: E21B10/42 ; E21B10/55 ; B23B27/12 ; E21B10/567 ; E21B10/62 ; E21B10/08 ; E21B10/54

Abstract:
A subterranean drilling system may include a drill string and a rotary drill bit coupled to the drill string. The rotary drill bit may include a bit body and a cutting element coupled to the bit body, with the cutting element being structured to rotate in response to torque applied to the cutting element. The system also may include a cam assembly coupled to the drill string, a cam follower assembly in contact with a cam surface of the cam assembly, and a torque-applying structure coupled to the cam follower assembly. The torque-applying structure may be configured to apply torque to the cutting element in response to relative rotation between the cam assembly and the cam follower assembly.
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