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Two-cone drill bit

US7681670B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateSep 10, 2004
Grant dateMar 23, 2010
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Expiry dateDec 28, 2025

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T29/49826
  • WIPO fieldCivil engineering
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A two-cone drill bit with a hydraulic arrangement that can be used for one or more of the following: cleaning roller cones, impinging on a hole bottom, or inducing a helical flow field. A two-cone drill bit having a bit body formed from two leg sections and two spacing members; methods of manufacturing a two-cone drill bit; and methods of improving hydraulics of a two-cone drill bit are disclosed.

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