US Patent Issued on June 3 for "Cutting elements and geometries for reduced vibrations, earth-boring tools, and related methods" (Texas, New York Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,320,199, issued on June 3.

"Cutting elements and geometries for reduced vibrations, earth-boring tools, and related methods" was invented by John Morin (The Woodlands, Texas), Xu Huang (Spring, Texas), Franklin Guillermo Valbuena (Conroe, Texas), Stephen Duffy (Spring, Texas), Eliah Everhard (The Woodlands, Texas), Armin Kueck (The Woodlands, Texas), John Abhishek Raj Bomidi (Peral River, N.Y.) and Michael L. Doster (Centerville, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cutting element for an earth-boring tool includes a substrate and a volume of polycrystalline diamond on the substrate. The volume of polycrystalline diamond has exterior su...