Patents by Inventor Vijayakumar Palani

Vijayakumar Palani 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).

  • Downhole milling cutting structures
    Patent number: 10648266
    Abstract: Systems, tools, and methods include using a milling assembly with a mill having multiple, different types of cutting element inserts. A gage region of the mill includes a first type of cutting element insert, and a shoulder region of the mill includes a second type of cutting element insert. One cutting element insert may include chip-breaking features, and the other may be a shear or gouging cutting element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: Wellbore Integrity Solutions LLC
    Inventors: Zhenbi Su, Vijayakumar Palani, Sudarsanam Chellappa, Jianbing Hu, Christopher Glass, Timothy Andrew Burdett
  • DOWNHOLE MILLING CUTTING STRUCTURES
    Publication number: 20180094496
    Abstract: Systems, tools, and methods include using a milling assembly with a mill having multiple, different types of cutting element inserts. A gage region of the mill includes a first type of cutting element insert, and a shoulder region of the mill includes a second type of cutting element insert. One cutting element insert may include chip-breaking features, and the other may be a shear or gouging cutting element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2017
    Publication date: April 5, 2018
    Inventors: Zhenbi Su, Vijayakumar Palani, Sudarsanam Chellappa, Jianbing Hu, Christopher Glass, Timothy Andrew Burdett