Patents by Inventor Casey Wade Swan

Casey Wade Swan 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).

  • Polycrystalline diamond compacts, methods of fabricating the same, and methods of using the same
    Patent number: 11865672
    Abstract: PDCs, methods of fabricating the PDCs, and methods of using the PDCs are disclosed herein. The PDCs include a PCD table bonded to a substrate. The PCD table includes an upper surface having a plurality of recessed features formed therein. The plurality of recessed features are configured to attract at least some cracks that form in the PCD table. As such, the plurality of recessed features limit or prevent crack propagation into other portions of the PCD table and limit a volume of the PCD table that spalls. Methods of fabricating the PDCs include partially leaching the PCD table and, after leaching the PCD table, forming the plurality of recessed features in the upper surface thereof. Method of using the PDCs include rotating a PDC that has spalled relative to a rotary drill bit such that a portion of the upper surface of the PDC that has not spalled forms a cutting surface thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: US Synthetic Corporation
    Inventors: Daniel Call Mortensen, Lindsay Sue Patton, Trevor Allen Olsen, Casey Wade Swan, Shawn Casey Scott, Matthew Kimball Baker, Anne-Grethe Slotnaes, Kenneth E. Bertagnolli, Jiang Qian, Jason Lott, Joshua Adam Hawks
  • Polycrystalline diamond compacts, methods of fabricating the same, and methods of using the same
    Patent number: 10399206
    Abstract: PDCs, methods of fabricating the PDCs, and methods of using the PDCs are disclosed herein. The PDCs include a PCD table bonded to a substrate. The PCD table includes an upper surface having a plurality of recessed features formed therein. The plurality of recessed features are configured to attract at least some cracks that form in the PCD table. As such, the plurality of recessed features limit or prevent crack propagation into other portions of the PCD table and limit a volume of the PCD table that spalls. Methods of fabricating the PDCs include partially leaching the PCD table and, after leaching the PCD table, forming the plurality of recessed features in the upper surface thereof. Method of using the PDCs include rotating a PDC that has spalled relative to a rotary drill bit such that a portion of the upper surface of the PDC that has not spalled forms a cutting surface thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: US SYNTHETIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Daniel Call Mortensen, Lindsay Sue Patton, Trevor Allen Olsen, Casey Wade Swan, Shawn Casey Scott, Matthew Kimball Baker, Anne-Grethe Slotnaes, Kenneth E. Bertagnolli, Jiang Qian, Jason Lott, Joshua Adam Hawks
  • Superabrasive compact
    Patent number: D835163
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: US SYNTHETIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Daniel Call Mortensen, Lindsay Sue Patton, Trevor Allen Olsen, Shawn Casey Scott, Casey Wade Swan