ROTATABLE CUTTING ELEMENTS AND RELATED EARTH-BORING TOOLS AND METHODS

• Main Authors: Patel Suresh G, Stauffer Bruce
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 06.10.2016
• Subjects: EARTH DRILLING; EARTH DRILLING, e.g. DEEP DRILLING; FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS; MINING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR ASLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS

Earth-boring tools may comprise rotatable cutting elements rotatably connected to protruding journals, which may be at least partially located within inner bores extending through the rotatable cutting elements. A rotationally leading end of one of the protruding journals may not extend beyond a cut...