Patents Assigned to Taurex Drill Bits, LLC
  • Patent number: 12270254
    Abstract: A drill bit includes a bit body providing a plurality of blades disposed about a centerline of the bit body, one or more primary cutters mounted at a leading face of each blade, and one or more offset cutters mounted to at least one of the plurality of blades and angularly offset from a laterally adjacent primary cutter and the leading face of the at least one of the plurality of blades.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: Taurex Drill Bits, LLC
    Inventors: Matthew Mumma, Ryan Matthews, Brandon Sheldon, Eric Walter Sonne
  • Publication number: 20240401414
    Abstract: A drill bit includes a bit body, one or more blades forming part of the bit body, a plurality of cutter pockets defined in the one or more blades, each cutter pocket providing a floor and an orifice defined in the floor, and a plurality of cutters secured to the one or more blades at the plurality of cutter pockets. Each cutter includes a substrate, a diamond table secured to the substrate at an interface, and a retention feature extending from a bottom surface of the substrate and sized to be received within the orifice of a corresponding one of the plurality of cutter pockets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2024
    Publication date: December 5, 2024
    Applicant: Taurex Drill Bits, LLC
    Inventors: Samuel BARNETT, Dustin LYLES, Warren DYER, Blake Cameron RICHNOW
  • Patent number: 12065884
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a roller cone includes machining a cone blank and thereby defining one or more land surfaces and one or more insert grooves on the cone blank, surface hardening the cone blank, and milling a plurality of recesses into at least one of the one or more land surfaces. The method further includes subjecting the cone blank to a quenching process, forming an insert hole at each recess, and inserting an insert into each insert hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignee: Taurex Drill Bits, LLC
    Inventors: Yongzhong Cai, Dongze Yang, Yuan Yi, Dustin Lyles, Terry Vance Morris
  • Publication number: 20230184041
    Abstract: Methods and systems for well tool wear classification system are provided. A wear classifier tool is configured to classify wear of a scanned well tool using a machine learning engine. Computer-readable memory stores a training dataset and a trained ML model. The training data set includes scanned image data and associated labels representative of classification types of failure. The trained ML model has a neural network. The wear classifier tool can output data identifying a failure mode of the scanned well tool based on classification of input by the machine learning engine. A database is configured to stored historical data on scanner type, patterns of scanner cutting elements, sensor type, and age and usage conditions. A scanning system includes a camera and a three-dimensional (3D) scanner configured to scan a drill bit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2023
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Applicant: Taurex Drill Bits, LLC
    Inventors: Dustin LYLES, Warren DYER, Tyler ABLA
  • Patent number: 11530576
    Abstract: A drill bit includes a bit body providing one or more blades and defining a cone section extending from a centerline of the bit body a first distance, a nose section extending from the cone section a second distance, a shoulder section extending from the nose section a third distance, and a gauge section extending from the shoulder section a fourth distance. The drill but further includes one or more cutting elements mounted to the one or more blades outside of the cone section such that the cone section is void of cutting elements, and a plurality of milling elements secured to the bit body within the cone section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: TAUREX DRILL BITS, LLC
    Inventors: Dustin Lyles, Matthew Mumma, Ryan Mathews, Terry Vance Morris
  • Publication number: 20220207689
    Abstract: A method of quantifying wear data on a well tool includes scanning a used well tool with a scanner and thereby generating a scanned file of the used well tool, the scanner being in communication with a computer system, aligning the scanned file with an original solid model file of the used well tool and thereby obtaining and displaying an overlay output, wherein the solid model file is stored on the computer system and identifies individual wear parts of the used well tool, creating and placing a digital feature on one or more of the individual wear parts displayed on the overlay output, and calculating deviation between the solid model file and the scanned file at each digital feature of the one or more individual wear parts and thereby determining material removed from the individual wear parts of the used well tool.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2022
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Applicant: Taurex Drill Bits, LLC
    Inventors: Dustin LYLES, Jerry RHOADES, Warren DYER, Matthew MUMMA
  • Publication number: 20220178210
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a roller cone includes machining a cone blank and thereby defining one or more land surfaces and one or more insert grooves on the cone blank, surface hardening the cone blank, and milling a plurality of recesses into at least one of the one or more land surfaces. The method further includes subjecting the cone blank to a quenching process, forming an insert hole at each recess, and inserting an insert into each insert hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2021
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Applicants: King Dream Public Limited Company, Taurex Drill Bits, LLC
    Inventors: Yongzhong Cai, Dongze Yang, Yuan Yi, Dustin Lyles, Terry Vance Morris
  • Publication number: 20220120140
    Abstract: A drill bit includes a bit body providing a plurality of blades disposed about a centerline of the bit body, one or more primary cutters mounted at a leading face of each blade, and one or more offset cutters mounted to at least one of the plurality of blades and angularly offset from a laterally adjacent primary cutter and the leading face of the at least one of the plurality of blades.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2021
    Publication date: April 21, 2022
    Applicant: Taurex Drill Bits, LLC
    Inventors: Matthew Mumma, Ryan Matthews, Brandon Sheldon, Eric Walter Sonne
  • Patent number: 11301989
    Abstract: A method of quantifying wear data on a well tool includes identifying the well tool based on a solid model file and a data file corresponding to the well tool, wherein the solid model and data files are stored on a computer system and separately identify wear parts of the well tool, scanning the well tool with a scanner and thereby generating a scanned file of the well tool, the scanner being in communication with the computer system, aligning the scanned file with the solid model file to obtain an overlay output, creating digital features on the wear parts of the scanned file, and calculating deviation between the solid model file and the scanned file at the digital features for the wear parts and thereby determining material removed from the wear parts of the well tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: Taurex Drill Bits, LLC
    Inventors: Dustin Lyles, Jerry Rhoades, Warren Dyer, Matthew Mumma
  • Publication number: 20210358100
    Abstract: A method of quantifying wear data on a well tool includes identifying the well tool based on a solid model file and a data file corresponding to the well tool, wherein the solid model and data files are stored on a computer system and separately identify wear parts of the well tool, scanning the well tool with a scanner and thereby generating a scanned file of the well tool, the scanner being in communication with the computer system, aligning the scanned file with the solid model file to obtain an overlay output, creating digital features on the wear parts of the scanned file, and calculating deviation between the solid model file and the scanned file at the digital features for the wear parts and thereby determining material removed from the wear parts of the well tool.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2021
    Publication date: November 18, 2021
    Applicant: Taurex Drill Bits, LLC
    Inventors: Dustin Lyles, Jerry Rhoades, Warren Dyer, Matthew Mumma
  • Publication number: 20200291726
    Abstract: A drill bit includes a bit body providing one or more blades and defining a cone section extending from a centerline of the bit body a first distance, a nose section extending from the cone section a second distance, a shoulder section extending from the nose section a third distance, and a gauge section extending from the shoulder section a fourth distance. The drill but further includes one or more cutting elements mounted to the one or more blades outside of the cone section such that the cone section is void of cutting elements, and a plurality of milling elements secured to the bit body within the cone section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2020
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Applicant: Taurex Drill Bits, LLC
    Inventors: Dustin Lyles, Matthew Mumma, Ryan Mathews, Terry Vance Morris