US Patent Issued to US Synthetic on April 29 for "Attachment of PDC bearing members, bearing assemblies incorporating same and related methods" (Utah Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,287,005, issued on April 29, was assigned to US Synthetic Corp. (Orem, Utah).

"Attachment of PDC bearing members, bearing assemblies incorporating same and related methods" was invented by Jair J. Gonzalez (Provo, Utah) and Leonidas C. Leite (Provo, Utah).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Bearing assemblies and methods of manufacturing bearing assemblies are provided in the present disclosure. In one embodiment, a bearing assembly includes a base member and at least one bearing element coupled to the base member. The bearing element may be coupled with the base member by at least two different coupling techniques, including two of: a mechanic...