US Patent Issued to Baker Hughes Oilfield Operations on May 20 for "Downhole earth-boring rotary drill bits comprising center cutting modules and related methods" (German Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,305,450, issued on May 20, was assigned to Baker Hughes Oilfield Operations LLC (Houston).

"Downhole earth-boring rotary drill bits comprising center cutting modules and related methods" was invented by Volker Peters (Celle, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A center cutting module configured for mounting within a body of a downhole earth-boring rotary bit including an elongated body, a module crown secured to a first end of the elongated body, at least one cutting element secured to the module crown, and a drive secured to a second end of the elongated body, wherein the drive causes rotation of the elongated body and the module cro...