Patents by Inventor James Norman Boland

James Norman Boland 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).

  • Cutting tool and method of using same
    Patent number: 6868848
    Abstract: A cutting tool for cutting hard rock, the cutting tool including one or more cutting elements each including a pointed or chisel-shaped body including a diamond composite material including diamond crystals bonded together by a silicon carbide matrix, the each cutting element being mounted into a supporting matrix including a metal matrix composite material, such that the point or chisel edge of the each element protrudes from the matrix.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2005
    Assignee: The Commonwealth of Australia Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization
    Inventors: James Norman Boland, Kit Bunker, Paul Edwin Willis
  • Cutting tool and method of using same
    Publication number: 20030150442
    Abstract: A cutting tool for cutting hard rock, said cutting tool including one or more cutting elements (10) each comprising a pointed or chisel-shaped body (12) including a diamond composite material including diamond crystals bonded together by a silicon carbide matrix, the each cutting element being mounted into a supporting matrix comprising a metal matrix composite material, such that the point or chisel edge of the each element protrudes from said matrix.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2002
    Publication date: August 14, 2003
    Inventors: James Norman Boland, Kit Bunker, Paul Edwin Willis