Inventor · Le Puy-en-Velay, FR

Alain Besson

12Patents
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13Co-inventors
61Inventor score

Filing activity: Jun 10, 1992 → Mar 23, 2000

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5592995A Earth-boring bit having shear-cutting heel elements Fixed Constructions 65 Expired
US6068072A Cutting element Fixed Constructions 31 Expired
US5957227A Blade-equipped drilling tool, incorporating secondary cutting edges and passages designed for the removal of evacuated material Fixed Constructions 30 Expired
US5293946A Divergent fluid nozzle for drilling tool Fixed Constructions 23 Expired
US5282512A Drilling tool with rotating conical rollers Fixed Constructions 20 Expired
US5301762A Drilling tool fitted with self-sharpening cutting edges Fixed Constructions 18 Expired
US5823277A Cutting edge for monobloc drilling tools Fixed Constructions 15 Expired
US5230389A Fluidic oscillator drill bit Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 15 Expired
US5562171A Anti-balling drill bit Fixed Constructions 10 Expired
US6102142A Drilling tool with shock absorbers Fixed Constructions 9 Expired
US6401843B1 Drilling head with a cone rock bit Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 8 Expired
US5397954A Elastic support device for stator winding end turns Electricity 2 Expired

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.