Patents by Inventor Anthony LeBaron

Anthony LeBaron 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 CUTTING TOOL HAVING CUTTING ELEMENT WITH NONPLANAR FACE TO IMPROVE CUTTING EFFICIENCY AND DURABILITY
    Publication number: 20230193697
    Abstract: A drilling tool having a body, at least one blade extending from the body, and a first cutting element attached to the at least one blade. The first cutting element includes a cutting face at an opposite axial end from a base, a side surface extending from the base to the cutting face, an edge formed at the intersection between the cutting face and the side surface, and an elongated protrusion formed at the cutting face and extending between opposite sides of the edge. The elongated protrusion has a geometry including a border extending around a concave surface, a face chamfer formed around the border, and sloped surfaces extending between the border and the edge. An edge chamfer is between the face chamfer and the edge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2023
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Inventors: Manoj Mahajan, John Daniel Belnap, Xiaoge Gan, Yi Fang, Cheng Peng, Lynn Belnap, Youhe Zhang, Michael George Azar, Venkatesh Karuppiah, Anthony LeBaron, Xian Yao
  • Cutting element with nonplanar face to improve cutting efficiency and durability
    Patent number: 11578538
    Abstract: A cutting element has a cutting face at an opposite axial end from a base, a side surface extending from the base to the cutting face, an edge formed at the intersection between the cutting face and the side surface, and an elongated protrusion formed at the cutting face and extending between opposite sides of the edge, wherein the elongated protrusion has a geometry including a border extending around a concave surface and sloped surfaces extending between the border and the edge, and wherein the concave surface has a major axis dimension measured between opposite sides of the border and a minor axis dimension measured perpendicularly to the major axis dimension and ranging from 50 percent to 99 percent of the major axis dimension.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Manoj Mahajan, John Daniel Belnap, Xiaoge Gan, Yi Fang, Cheng Peng, Lynn Belnap, Youhe Zhang, Michael George Azar, Venkatesh Karuppiah, Anthony LeBaron, Xian Yao
  • CUTTING ELEMENT WITH NONPLANAR FACE TO IMPROVE CUTTING EFFICIENCY AND DURABILITY
    Publication number: 20210215003
    Abstract: A cutting element has a cutting face at an opposite axial end from a base, a side surface extending from the base to the cutting face, an edge formed at the intersection between the cutting face and the side surface, and an elongated protrusion formed at the cutting face and extending between opposite sides of the edge, wherein the elongated protrusion has a geometry including a border extending around a concave surface and sloped surfaces extending between the border and the edge, and wherein the concave surface has a major axis dimension measured between opposite sides of the border and a minor axis dimension measured perpendicularly to the major axis dimension and ranging from 50 percent to 99 percent of the major axis dimension.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2021
    Publication date: July 15, 2021
    Inventors: Manoj Mahajan, John Daniel Belnap, Xiaoge Gan, Yi Fang, Cheng Peng, Lynn Belnap, Youhe Zhang, Michael George Azar, Venkatesh Karuppiah, Anthony LeBaron, Xian Yao