Patents by Inventor Lynn L. Belnap

Lynn L. Belnap 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).

  • Assemblies for making superhard products by high pressure/high temperature processing
    Patent number: 10562000
    Abstract: Assemblies as disclosed herein for making superhard products by HPHT process comprise a first can portion for accommodating a mixture of materials therein and a second can mated with the first can portion. A leak-tight seal is provided between the first can portion and second can portion in a manner that accommodates the manufacture of relatively longer superhard products without having to change other elements or members used for HPHT processing to thereby provide improved manufacturing flexibility and cost efficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: SMITH INTERNATIONAL, INC.
    Inventors: David P. DenBoer, Clint Hamilton, Michael David France, Ryan J. Davis, Lynn L. Belnap, Yi Fang
  • ASSEMBLIES FOR MAKING SUPERHARD PRODUCTS BY HIGH PRESSURE/HIGH TEMPERATURE PROCESSING
    Publication number: 20180043325
    Abstract: Assemblies as disclosed herein for making superhard products by HPHT process comprise a first can portion for accommodating a mixture of materials therein and a second can mated with the first can portion. A leak-tight seal is provided between the first can portion and second can portion in a manner that accommodates the manufacture of relatively longer superhard products without having to change other elements or members used for HPHT processing to thereby provide improved manufacturing flexibility and cost efficiency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2016
    Publication date: February 15, 2018
    Inventors: David P. DenBoer, Clint Hamilton, Michael David France, Ryan J. Davis, Lynn L. Belnap, Yi Fang
  • Gage trimmers and bit incorporating the same
    Patent number: 6604588
    Abstract: A gage trimmer and a bit incorporating such a gage trimmer are provided. The gage trimmer has an ultra hard material layer having a circumferential surface including a cylindrical portion and a flat surface for bearing against a circumferential wall of a hole drilled by the bit. The ultra hard material layer is formed over a substrate interface surface. The flat surface does not extend to the interface surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2003
    Assignee: Smith International, Inc.
    Inventors: Ronald K. Eyre, Stewart Middlemiss, Lynn L. Belnap
  • Gage trimmers and bit incorporating the same
    Publication number: 20030062201
    Abstract: A gage trimmer and a bit incorporating such a gage trimmer are provided. The gage trimmer has an ultra hard material layer having a circumferential surface including a cylindrical portion and a flat surface for bearing against a circumferential wall of the a hole drilled by the bit. The ultra hard material layer is formed over a substrate interface surface. The flat surface does not extend to the interface surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2001
    Publication date: April 3, 2003
    Inventors: Ronald K. Eyre, Stewart Middlemiss, Lynn L. Belnap