Patents Assigned to Taurex Drill Bits, LLC
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Patent number: 12270254Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: October 18, 2021Date of Patent: April 8, 2025Assignee: Taurex Drill Bits, LLCInventors: Matthew Mumma, Ryan Matthews, Brandon Sheldon, Eric Walter Sonne
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Publication number: 20240401414Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: June 5, 2024Publication date: December 5, 2024Applicant: Taurex Drill Bits, LLCInventors: Samuel BARNETT, Dustin LYLES, Warren DYER, Blake Cameron RICHNOW
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Patent number: 12065884Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 3, 2021Date of Patent: August 20, 2024Assignee: Taurex Drill Bits, LLCInventors: Yongzhong Cai, Dongze Yang, Yuan Yi, Dustin Lyles, Terry Vance Morris
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Publication number: 20230184041Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: February 15, 2023Publication date: June 15, 2023Applicant: Taurex Drill Bits, LLCInventors: Dustin LYLES, Warren DYER, Tyler ABLA
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Patent number: 11530576Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 13, 2020Date of Patent: December 20, 2022Assignee: TAUREX DRILL BITS, LLCInventors: Dustin Lyles, Matthew Mumma, Ryan Mathews, Terry Vance Morris
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Publication number: 20220207689Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: March 18, 2022Publication date: June 30, 2022Applicant: Taurex Drill Bits, LLCInventors: Dustin LYLES, Jerry RHOADES, Warren DYER, Matthew MUMMA
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Publication number: 20220178210Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: December 3, 2021Publication date: June 9, 2022Applicants: King Dream Public Limited Company, Taurex Drill Bits, LLCInventors: Yongzhong Cai, Dongze Yang, Yuan Yi, Dustin Lyles, Terry Vance Morris
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Publication number: 20220120140Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: October 18, 2021Publication date: April 21, 2022Applicant: Taurex Drill Bits, LLCInventors: Matthew Mumma, Ryan Matthews, Brandon Sheldon, Eric Walter Sonne
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Patent number: 11301989Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: May 14, 2021Date of Patent: April 12, 2022Assignee: Taurex Drill Bits, LLCInventors: Dustin Lyles, Jerry Rhoades, Warren Dyer, Matthew Mumma
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Publication number: 20210358100Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: May 14, 2021Publication date: November 18, 2021Applicant: Taurex Drill Bits, LLCInventors: Dustin Lyles, Jerry Rhoades, Warren Dyer, Matthew Mumma
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Publication number: 20200291726Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: March 13, 2020Publication date: September 17, 2020Applicant: Taurex Drill Bits, LLCInventors: Dustin Lyles, Matthew Mumma, Ryan Mathews, Terry Vance Morris