Patent ID: 8777088

Claim:
A method of attaching a cutting element to an earth-boring tool, comprising: at least partially coating a braze material at an at least substantially uniform thickness onto a tapered surface of a substrate of a cutting element, the tapered surface being defined such that a circumference of the substrate at an interface with a polycrystalline table secured to the substrate is greater than the circumference of the substrate at a back end surface thereof, wherein at least one surface of the braze material exhibits a taper; abutting a portion of the braze material against at least one surface of an earth-boring tool, the braze material being located between the cutting element and the at least one surface of the earth-boring tool, a gap being defined between at least another portion of the braze material and at least one adjacent surface of the earth-boring tool, the at least another portion of the braze material being defined by the at least one surface of the braze material exhibiting the taper; and brazing the cutting element to the earth-boring tool by applying high-frequency vibrations and ultrasonically torsionally oscillating the cutting element and the braze material to cause the braze material to become flowable.