Force modulation system for a drill bit

    公开(公告)号:US11808090B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-11-07

    申请号:US17935126

    申请日:2022-09-25

    IPC分类号: E21B10/62 E21B10/42 E21B12/00

    CPC分类号: E21B10/62 E21B12/00 E21B10/42

    摘要: The force modulation system for a drill bit includes a cutter, a holder, a holder retention device, and a first force member. The cutter fits in the holder, and the holder fits in the drill bit. The holder retention device exerts a holder retention force in a first direction. The first force member exerts a first force in a second direction. The second direction is angled offset to the first direction so as that the cutting profile of the force modulation system is now variable in the second direction, according to the first force. There can also be a second force member to exert a second force in the first direction for more variability of the cutting profile in the first direction. The second force member can be made integral with the first force member.

    Force modulation system with an elastic force member for downhole conditions

    公开(公告)号:US11702891B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-07-18

    申请号:US17378942

    申请日:2021-07-19

    IPC分类号: E21B10/62 E21B10/55 E21B10/42

    CPC分类号: E21B10/62 E21B10/42 E21B10/55

    摘要: The force modulation system for a drill bit includes a cutter, a holder, a holder retention device, and a first force member made of a first woven material. The cutter fits in the holder, and the holder fits in the drill bit. The holder retention device exerts a holder retention force in a first direction. The first force member exerts a first force in a second direction. The second direction is angled offset to the first direction so as that a cutting profile of the force modulation system is variable. There can also be a second force member of a second woven material to exert a second force in the first direction for more variability of the cutting profile in the first direction. The second force member can be made integral with the first force member, including the first woven material and the second woven material being the same material.

    Cutting element with non-planar cutting edges

    公开(公告)号:US11365589B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-06-21

    申请号:US16918842

    申请日:2020-07-01

    IPC分类号: E21B10/567 E21B10/55

    摘要: A cutting element comprising a cylindrical substrate; a table bonded to the cylindrical substrate; at least one tooth with a reduced projected cutting area on a periphery of the table; and a plurality of undulating cutting ridges on a top of the table. The table can have a working surface and at least one lateral surface, and a chamfer formed therebetween. The working surface can be a non-planar working surface. For a given weight on the bit, the cutter will sink into the rock deeper which can lead to better stability and more effective rock removal.

    Tool assembly with a fluidic agitator

    公开(公告)号:US10753167B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-08-25

    申请号:US16586662

    申请日:2019-09-27

    IPC分类号: E21B28/00

    摘要: The tool assembly vibrates a casing string or drill string in a wellbore. The tool assembly includes a housing, an insert mounted in the housing as a fluidic agitator, and a cover fitted over the insert. The insert includes an inlet chamber, a vortex chamber, and a feedback chamber, and the fluid flow through the insert has a pressure profile with a plurality of levels determined by the feedback chamber. The strength and frequency of the pressure profile can be regulated by the feedback chamber according to position, size and asymmetry of the transition channels connected to the feedback chamber. The high strength and low frequency pressure pulses can be achieved in the limited space of the housing for placement of the inlet and outlet.

    Blade cap force modulation system for a drill bit

    公开(公告)号:US11879296B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-01-23

    申请号:US17935127

    申请日:2022-09-25

    IPC分类号: E21B10/62 E21B10/43

    CPC分类号: E21B10/62 E21B10/43

    摘要: The force modulation system for a drill bit includes a cutter, a blade cap, a cap retention device, and a first force member. The cutter or cutters fit in the blade cap, and the blade cap fits to the drill bit. The cap retention device exerts a cap retention force in a first direction. The first force member exerts a first force in a second direction. The cutting profile of the force modulation system is now variable in more than one direction so as to avoid excessive forces from more than one direction for each cutter on the blade cap. There can also be a second force member to exert a second force in the first direction for more variability of the cutting profile in the first direction and a third force member to exert a third force in an opposite second direction.

    Method for forming cutters
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    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11794290B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-10-24

    申请号:US17156592

    申请日:2021-01-24

    摘要: The method for forming cutters includes applying a protective layer on an O-ring so as to form a protected O-ring. The protected O-ring is placed around a cutter body having a substrate section and diamond section with a metallic binder. The method includes inserting the cutter body into the pod cavity and leaching the metallic binder through an end portion of the diamond section for at least one day at 60 degrees Celsius or higher so as to form a polycrystalline diamond compact cutter from the cutter body. The protected O-ring seals the substrate section during the step of leaching. The step of leaching forms an exposed O-ring from the protected O-ring with a hardness reduction and a modulus reduction that identifies a time window for maintaining a sealing force to protect the substrate, while achieving the target profile of the diamond table for a high quality and reliable cutter.