US Patent Issued to Ulterra Drilling Technologies on May 27 for "Drill bit for boring earth and other hard materials" (Australian Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,312,868, issued on May 27, was assigned to Ulterra Drilling Technologies LP (Fort Worth, Texas).

"Drill bit for boring earth and other hard materials" was invented by Nathan Andrew Brooks (Slade Point, Australia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A drill bit assembly for drilling a hole through earth, the drill bit comprising: a bit body extending between a first end and a second end along a longitudinal axis of the bit body with a connecting arrangement positioned at the first end of the bit body for coupling the bit body to a rotating shaft for providing rotational torque to the bit body; a cutting head including a leading tip portion for ...