Patents by Inventor Michael Lester Fish
Michael Lester Fish has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Patent number: 11969860Abstract: An embodiment of a PCD insert comprises an embodiment of a PCD element joined to a cemented carbide substrate at an interface. The PCD element has internal diamond surfaces defining interstices between them. The PCD element comprises a masked or passivated region and an unmasked or unpassivated region, the unmasked or unpassivated region defining a boundary with the substrate, the boundary being the interface. At least some of the internal diamond surfaces of the masked or passivated region contact a mask or passivation medium, and some or all of the interstices of the masked or passivated region and of the unmasked or unpassivated region are at least partially filled with an infiltrant material.Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 2022Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignees: Element Six Limited, Baker Hughes IncorporatedInventors: John Hewitt Liversage, Danny Eugene Scott, Humphrey Samkelo Lungisani Sithebe, Kaveshini Naidoo, Bronwyn Annette Kaiser, Michael Lester Fish
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Publication number: 20230011321Abstract: An embodiment of a PCD insert comprises an embodiment of a PCD element joined to a cemented carbide substrate at an interface. The PCD element has internal diamond surfaces defining interstices between them. The PCD element comprises a masked or passivated region and an unmasked or unpassivated region, the unmasked or unpassivated region defining a boundary with the substrate, the boundary being the interface. At least some of the internal diamond surfaces of the masked or passivated region contact a mask or passivation medium, and some or all of the interstices of the masked or passivated region and of the unmasked or unpassivated region are at least partially filled with an infiltrant material.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 16, 2022Publication date: January 12, 2023Inventors: John Hewitt LIVERSAGE, Danny Eugene SCOTT, Humphrey Samkelo Lungisani SITHEBE, Kaveshini NAIDOO, Bronwyn Annette KAISER, Michael Lester FISH
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Publication number: 20200147759Abstract: An embodiment of a PCD insert comprises an embodiment of a PCD element joined to a cemented carbide substrate at an interface. The PCD element has internal diamond surfaces defining interstices between them. The PCD element comprises a masked or passivated region and an unmasked or unpassivated region, the unmasked or unpassivated region defining a boundary with the substrate, the boundary being the interface. At least some of the internal diamond surfaces of the masked or passivated region contact a mask or passivation medium, and some or all of the interstices of the masked or passivated region and of the unmasked or unpassivated region are at least partially filled with an infiltrant material.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 2, 2020Publication date: May 14, 2020Inventors: John Hewitt LIVERSAGE, Danny Eugene SCOTT, Humphrey Samkelo Lungisani SITHEBE, Kaveshini NAIDOO, Bronwyn Annette KAISER, Michael Lester FISH
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Publication number: 20180029130Abstract: A polycrystalline diamond construction comprising a body of polycrystalline diamond material is formed of a mass of diamond grains exhibiting inter-granular bonding and defining a plurality of interstitial regions therebetween, and a non-diamond phase at least partially filling a plurality of the interstitial regions to form non-diamond phase pools, the non-diamond phase pools each having an individual cross-sectional area. The percentage of non-diamond phase in the total area of a cross-section of the body of polycrystalline diamond material and the mean of the individual cross-sectional areas of the non-diamond phase pools in the image analysed using an image analysis technique at a selected magnification is less than 0.7, or less than 0.340 microns squared, or between around 0.005 to 0.340 microns squared depending on the percentage of non-diamond phase in the total area of the cross-section of the polycrystalline diamond construction. There is also disclosed a method of making such a construction.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 25, 2017Publication date: February 1, 2018Inventors: Nedret Can, Michael Lester Fish
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Publication number: 20160167200Abstract: An embodiment of a PCD insert comprises an embodiment of a PCD element joined to a cemented carbide substrate at an interface. The PCD element has internal diamond surfaces defining interstices between them. The PCD element comprises a masked or passivated region and an unmasked or unpassivated region, the unmasked or unpassivated region defining a boundary with the substrate, the boundary being the interface. At least some of the internal diamond surfaces of the masked or passivated region contact a mask or passivation medium, and some or all of the interstices of the masked or passivated region and of the unmasked or unpassivated region are at least partially filled with an infiltrant material.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 24, 2016Publication date: June 16, 2016Inventors: John Hewitt Liversage, Danny Eugene Scott, Humphrey Samkelo Lungisani Sithebe, Kaveshini Naidoo, Bronwyn Annette Kaiser, Michael Lester Fish
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Patent number: 9297213Abstract: A PCD insert comprises a PCD element joined to a cemented carbide substrate at an interface. The PCD element has internal diamond surfaces defining interstices between them. The PCD element comprises a masked or passivated region and an unmasked or unpassivated region, the unmasked or unpassivated region defining a boundary with the substrate, the boundary being the interface. At least some of the internal diamond surfaces of the masked or passivated region contact a mask or passivation medium, and some or all of the interstices of the masked or passivated region and of the unmasked or unpassivated region are at least partially filled with an infiltrant material.Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2010Date of Patent: March 29, 2016Assignees: BAKER HUGHES INCORPORATED, ELEMENT SIX LIMITEDInventors: John Hewitt Liversage, Danny Eugene Scott, Humphrey Samkelo Lungisani Sithebe, Kaveshini Naidoo, Bronwyn Annette Kaiser, Michael Lester Fish
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Publication number: 20140284115Abstract: A polycrystalline diamond construction comprises diamond grains exhibiting inter-granular bonding and defining a plurality of interstitial regions, and a non-diamond phase at least partially filling a plurality of the interstitial regions to form non-diamond pools. The percentage of non-diamond phase in the total area of a cross-section of the body of polycrystalline diamond material is between around 0 to 5%, and the average nearest neighbour distance between grains of the non-diamond phase is less than around 1.3 microns in an analysed image of a cross-section through the body of polycrystalline material when analysed using an image analysis technique at a magnification of around 1000 and an image area of 1280 by 960 pixels; or is between around 5 to 10%, and the average nearest neighbour distance between grains of the non-diamond phase is less than around 1.04 microns, or is between around 10 to 15%, and the average nearest neighbour distance between grains of the non-diamond phase is less than around 1.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 26, 2012Publication date: September 25, 2014Inventors: Nedret Can, Michael Lester Fish
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Publication number: 20140165476Abstract: A polycrystalline diamond construction comprising a body of polycrystalline diamond material is formed of a mass of diamond grains exhibiting inter-granular bonding and defining a plurality of interstitial regions therebetween, and a non-diamond phase at least partially filling a plurality of the interstitial regions to form non-diamond phase pools, the non-diamond phase pools each having an individual cross-sectional area. The percentage of non-diamond phase in the total area of a cross-section of the body of polycrystalline diamond material and the mean of the individual cross-sectional areas of the non-diamond phase pools in the image analysed using an image analysis technique at a selected magnification is less than 0.7, or less than 0.340 microns squared, or between around 0.005 to 0.340 microns squared depending on the percentage of non-diamond phase in the total area of the cross-section of the polycrystalline diamond construction. There is also disclosed a method of making such a construction.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 1, 2012Publication date: June 19, 2014Applicants: ELEMENT SIX LIMITED, ELEMENT SIX ABRASIVES S.A.Inventors: Nedret Can, Michael Lester Fish
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Publication number: 20120055717Abstract: An embodiment of a PCD insert comprises an embodiment of a PCD element joined to a cemented carbide substrate at an interface. The PCD element has internal diamond surfaces defining interstices between them. The PCD element comprises a masked or passivated region and an unmasked or unpassivated region, the unmasked or unpassivated region defining a boundary with the substrate, the boundary being the interface. At least some of the internal diamond surfaces of the masked or passivated region contact a mask or passivation medium, and some or ail of the interstices of the masked or passivated region and of the unmasked or unpassivated region are at least partially filled with an infiltrant material.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 8, 2010Publication date: March 8, 2012Inventors: John Hewitt Liversage, Danny Eugene Scott, Humphrey Samkelo Lungisani Sithebe, Kaveshini Naidoo, Bronwyn Annette Kaiser, Michael Lester Fish
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Publication number: 20090205260Abstract: This Invention relates to coated abrasives, a process for their production, and to coated abrasives for use in abrasive-containing tools.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 30, 2009Publication date: August 20, 2009Inventors: David Patrick EGAN, Johannes Alexander Engels, Michael Lester Fish
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Publication number: 20090031637Abstract: This invention relates to coated abrasives, a process for their production, and to coated abrasives for use in abrasive-containing tools.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 3, 2008Publication date: February 5, 2009Inventors: David Patrick Egan, Johannes Alexander Engels, Michael Lester Fish
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Publication number: 20080034669Abstract: A coated super-hard abrasive comprises a core of super-hard abrasive material, which is typically diamond or cBN based, an inner layer of a metal carbide, nitride, boride, boronitride or carbonitride chemically bonded to an outer surface of the super-hard abrasive material and one or more outer layers of a metal carbide, nitride, boride or carbonitride physically deposited on the inner layer. In the case of a single outer layer, the single outer layer has a composition gradient extending through its thickness, and in the case of more than one outer layer, the composition of each layer is different to provide a gradient of material through the various layers. In the case of several outer layers, each layer may also include a composition gradient.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 13, 2005Publication date: February 14, 2008Inventors: David Patrick Egan, Johannes Alexander Engels, Michael Lester Fish