Patents by Inventor Thomas Charles Easley

Thomas Charles Easley 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).

  • Patent number: 9827611
    Abstract: A tool and a method of making the tool are disclosed. The tool includes a superabrasive compact, for example, a volume of silicon carbide diamond bonded composite, directly bonded to a tungsten carbide body during sintering. The green body may have a recess with a complementary shape to the superabrasive compact, whereby after inserting at least a part of the superabrasive compact within the recess and sintering, the tungsten carbide body and the recess shrink to form an interference fit therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Assignee: DIAMOND INNOVATIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Abds-Sami Malik, Thomas Charles Easley, Stephen Allen Kaiser, Torbjorn Selinder
  • Publication number: 20160221082
    Abstract: A tool and a method of making the tool are disclosed. The tool includes a superabrasive compact, for example, a volume of silicon carbide diamond bonded composite, directly bonded to a tungsten carbide body during sintering. The green body may have a recess with a complementary shape to the superabrasive compact, whereby after inserting at least a part of the superabrasive compact within the recess and sintering, the tungsten carbide body and the recess shrink to form an interference fit therebetween.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2015
    Publication date: August 4, 2016
    Inventors: Abds-Sami MALIK, Thomas Charles EASLEY, Stephen Allen KAISER, Torbjorn SELINDER
  • Publication number: 20110283629
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a silicon carbide (SiC) bonded diamond compact having less than about 2 weight % unreacted Si and less than about 1 weight % graphite, as well as processes for making the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2011
    Publication date: November 24, 2011
    Applicant: DIAMOND INNOVATIONS, INC.
    Inventor: Thomas Charles Easley
  • Patent number: 7097551
    Abstract: An abrasive tool insert is formed from a substrate having an inner face that has a center. The inner face slopes outwardly and downwardly from the center. An annular face slopes downwardly and outwardly from the inner face. An abrasive layer, having a center and a periphery forming a cutting edge, is integrally formed on the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2006
    Assignee: Diamond Innovations, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Charles Easley, Shan Wan
  • Patent number: 6994615
    Abstract: An abrasive tool insert is formed from a substrate having an inner face that has a center, and annular face which annular face has a periphery. The inner face slopes outwardly and downwardly from the center at an angle ranging from between about 5° and 30° from the horizontal. The annular face surrounds by the inner face and terminates at the periphery. The annular face slopes downwardly and outwardly from the inner face at an angle of between about 20° and 75° from the horizontal. A continuous abrasive layer, having a center and a periphery forming a cutting edge, is integrally formed on the substrate and defines an interface therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2006
    Assignee: Diamond Innovations, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Charles Easley, Shan Wan
  • Publication number: 20040067724
    Abstract: An abrasive tool insert is formed from a substrate having an inner face that has a center, and annular face which annular face has a periphery. The inner face slopes outwardly and downwardly from the center at an angle ranging from between about 5° and 30° from the horizontal. The annular face surrounds by the inner face and terminates at the periphery. The annular face slopes downwardly and outwardly from the inner face at an angle of between about 20° and 75° from the horizontal. A continuous abrasive layer, having a center and a periphery forming a cutting edge, is integrally formed on the substrate and defines an interface therebetween.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2003
    Publication date: April 8, 2004
    Inventors: Thomas Charles Easley, Shan Wan