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Patent US7334652 - Roller cone drill bits with enhanced cutting elements and cutting structures - Google Patents
Roller cone drill bits are provided with cutting elements and cutting structures optimized for efficient drilling of soft and medium formations interspersed with hard stringers. The cutting elements and cutting structures may be satisfactorily used to drill downhole formations with varying amounts of...http://www.google.com/patents/US7334652?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US7334652 - Roller cone drill bits with enhanced cutting elements and cutting structures
Publication number US7334652 B2
Application number US 11/054,395
Also published as CN1664301A, CN100595416C, US7497281, US20050133273, US20070125579
Publication number 054395, 11054395, US 7334652 B2, US 7334652B2, US-B2-7334652, US7334652 B2, US7334652B2
Inventors Shilin Chen, James S. Dahlem
Patent Citations (102), Non-Patent Citations (81), Referenced by (3), Classifications (11), Legal Events (6)
Roller cone drill bits with enhanced cutting elements and cutting structures
US 7334652 B2
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Cooperative Classification E21B10/16, E21B10/08, E21B10/50
European Classification E21B10/08, E21B10/16, E21B10/50