Inventor · Orem, UT, US

Ronald K. Eyre

56Patents
26h-index
47Co-inventors
88Inventor score

Filing activity: Dec 6, 1995 → Mar 1, 2021

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US7517589B2 Thermally stable diamond polycrystalline diamond constructions Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 143 Expired
US6193001A Method for forming a non-uniform interface adjacent ultra hard material Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 129 Expired
US7608333B2 Thermally stable diamond polycrystalline diamond constructions Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 114 Expired
US6892836B1 Cutting element having a substrate, a transition layer and an ultra hard material layer Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 110 Expired
US6550556B2 Ultra hard material cutter with shaped cutting surface Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 109 Expired
US7754333B2 Thermally stable diamond polycrystalline diamond constructions Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 91 Active
US5766394A Method for forming a polycrystalline layer of ultra hard material Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 84 Expired
US6199645A Engineered enhanced inserts for rock drilling bits Fixed Constructions 75 Expired
US6991049B2 Cutting element Fixed Constructions 70 Expired
US6484826B1 Engineered enhanced inserts for rock drilling bits Fixed Constructions 69 Expired
US6460637B1 Engineered enhanced inserts for rock drilling bits Fixed Constructions 69 Expired
US6041875A Non-planar interfaces for cutting elements Fixed Constructions 69 Expired
US7942219B2 Polycrystalline diamond constructions having improved thermal stability Fixed Constructions 64 Active
US8147572B2 Thermally stable diamond polycrystalline diamond constructions Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 62 Active
US7740673B2 Thermally stable diamond polycrystalline diamond constructions Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 60 Active
US6446740B2 Cutting element with improved polycrystalline material toughness and method for making same Fixed Constructions 58 Expired
US6510910B2 Unplanar non-axisymmetric inserts Fixed Constructions 49 Expired
US7441610B2 Ultrahard composite constructions Performing Operations; Transporting 46 Expired
US5887580A Cutting element with interlocking feature Performing Operations; Transporting 45 Expired
US7506698B2 Cutting elements and bits incorporating the same Fixed Constructions 41 Active
US5868885A Manufacture of cutting tools Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 39 Expired
US6962218B2 Cutting elements with improved cutting element interface design and bits incorporating the same Fixed Constructions 32 Expired
US6325165A Cutting element with improved polycrystalline material toughness Fixed Constructions 31 Expired
US7558369B1 Nondestructive method of measuring a region within an ultra-hard polycrystalline construction Physics 27 Active
US6604588B2 Gage trimmers and bit incorporating the same Fixed Constructions 27 Expired

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