ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,540,513, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to US Synthetic Corp. (Orem, Utah).
"Polycrystalline diamond bodies including one or more threads, apparatuses including the same, and methods of forming and using the same" was invented by Jarrett Meier (Lehi, Utah) and Grant Kyle Daniels (Spanish Fork, Utah).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An example PCD body includes a top surface, a bottom surface opposite the top surface, and at least one lateral surface extending between the top surface and the bottom surface. The PCD body includes one or more threads that are configured to allow the PCD body to be threadedly attached to a component, such as a s...