Patents Represented by Law Firm Baker & Boots
  • Patent number: 5452771
    Abstract: A rotary cone drill bit for forming a borehole having a body with an underside and an upper end portion adapted for connection to a drill string. The drill bit rotates around a central axis of the body. A number of angularly-spaced arms are integrally formed with the body and depend therefrom. Each arm has an inside surface with a spindle connected thereto and an outer shirttail surface. Each spindle projects generally downwardly and inwardly with respect to the central axis, has a generally cylindrical upper end portion connected to the inside surface, and has an inner sealing surface within the upper end portion. A number of rotary cone cutters equal to the number of arms are each mounted on one of the spindles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 1994
    Date of Patent: September 26, 1995
    Assignee: Dresser Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark P. Blackman, Jay S. Bird, Michael S. Beaton