Patents by Inventor Brian James Hayes

Brian James Hayes 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).

  • Earth-boring tools having a gauge region configured for reduced bit walk and method of drilling with same
    Patent number: 11421484
    Abstract: A drill bit comprises a bit body having a longitudinal axis and a blade extending radially outward from the longitudinal axis along a face region and axially along a gauge region. A gauge region includes a cutting element located proximate to an uphole edge of the blade in the gauge region. A remainder of the gauge region is free of cutting elements mounted thereon. A method of drilling a borehole comprises rotating the bit about the longitudinal axis, engaging a formation with cutting elements mounted to the face region, and increasing a lateral force applied substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis such that the cutting element engages the formation and such that side cutting exhibited by the tool is initially minimal and substantially constant and subsequently increases in a substantially linear manner with increasing lateral force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: Baker Hughes Holdings LLC
    Inventors: Reed W. Spencer, Brad Pierce, Brian James Hayes
  • Earth-boring tools having a gauge region configured for reduced bit walk and method of drilling with same
    Patent number: 11293233
    Abstract: A drill bit comprises a bit body having a longitudinal axis and a blade extending radially outward from the longitudinal axis along a face region and axially along a gauge region. A gauge region includes a cutting element located proximate to an uphole edge of the blade in the gauge region. A remainder of the gauge region is free of cutting elements mounted thereon. A method of drilling a borehole comprises rotating the bit about the longitudinal axis, engaging a formation with cutting elements mounted to the face region, and increasing a lateral force applied substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis such that the cutting element engages the formation and such that side cutting exhibited by the tool is initially minimal and substantially constant and subsequently increases in a substantially linear manner with increasing lateral force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: Baker Hughes Holdings LLC
    Inventors: Reed W. Spencer, Brad Pierce, Brian James Hayes
  • EARTH-BORING TOOLS HAVING A GAUGE REGION CONFIGURED FOR REDUCED BIT WALK AND METHOD OF DRILLING WITH SAME
    Publication number: 20200263504
    Abstract: A drill bit comprises a bit body having a longitudinal axis and a blade extending radially outward from the longitudinal axis along a face region and axially along a gauge region. A gauge region includes a cutting element located proximate to an uphole edge of the blade in the gauge region. A remainder of the gauge region is free of cutting elements mounted thereon. A method of drilling a borehole comprises rotating the bit about the longitudinal axis, engaging a formation with cutting elements mounted to the face region, and increasing a lateral force applied substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis such that the cutting element engages the formation and such that side cutting exhibited by the tool is initially minimal and substantially constant and subsequently increases in a substantially linear manner with increasing lateral force.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2018
    Publication date: August 20, 2020
    Inventors: Reed W. Spencer, Brad Pierce, Brian James Hayes