US Patent Issued on July 1 for "Earth-boring tools, nozzles, and associated structures, apparatus, and methods" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,345,096, issued on July 1.

"Earth-boring tools, nozzles, and associated structures, apparatus, and methods" was invented by John Morin (The Woodlands, Texas), Xu Huang (Spring, Texas) and Ahmed Hanafy (The Woodlands, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A nozzle or use in an earth-boring tool includes an inlet having a first size. The nozzle further includes an outlet having a second size different from the first size of the inlet. The nozzle also includes a fluid passage defined in the nozzle from the inlet to the outlet. The fluid passage includes a transition region configured to transition the fluid passage from the first size of the ...