Patents by Inventor Miguel Bilen

Miguel Bilen 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).

  • Publication number: 20150191979
    Abstract: In one aspect, a drill bit is disclosed, including: a bit body; a pad associated with the bit body; a rate control device coupled to the pad that extends from a bit surface at a first rate and retracts from an extended position to a retracted position at a second rate in response to external force applied onto the pad, the rate control device including: a piston for applying a force on the pad; a biasing member that applies a force on the piston to extend the pad at the first rate; a fluid chamber associated with the piston; and a pressure management device for controlling a fluid pressure within the fluid chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2014
    Publication date: July 9, 2015
    Applicant: BAKER HUGHES INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Jayesh R. Jain, Benjamin Baxter, Chaitanya Vempati, Steven Radford, Gregory L. Ricks, Miguel Bilen, Holger Stibbe, Volker Peters
  • Patent number: 9074435
    Abstract: Cutting elements include a volume of superabrasive material. The volume of superabrasive material comprises a front-cutting surface, an end-cutting surface, a cutting edge, and lateral side surfaces extending between and intersecting each of the front-cutting surface and the end-cutting surface. An earth-boring tool may comprise a bit body and at least one cutting element attached to the bit body. Methods of forming cutting elements comprise forming a volume of superabrasive material comprising forming a front-cutting surface, an end-cutting surface, a cutting edge, and lateral side surfaces extending between and intersecting each of the front-cutting surface and the end-cutting surface. Methods of forming earth-boring tools comprise forming a cutting element and attaching the cutting element to an earth-boring tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2015
    Assignee: Baker Hughes Incorporated
    Inventors: Danny E. Scott, Nicholas J. Lyons, Juan Miguel Bilen, Oliver Matthews, Rudolf Carl Pessier
  • Patent number: 8991525
    Abstract: An earth-boring tool having at least one cutting element with a multi-friction cutting face provides for the steering of formation cuttings as the cuttings slide across the cutting face. The multi-friction cutting element includes a diamond table bonded to a substrate of superabrasive material. The diamond table has a cutting face formed thereon with a cutting edge extending along a periphery of the cutting face. The cutting face has a first area having an average surface finish roughness less than an average surface finish roughness of a second area of the cutting face, the two areas separated by a boundary having a proximal end proximate a tool crown and a distal end remote from the tool crown.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: Baker Hughes Incorporated
    Inventors: Juan Miguel Bilen, Anthony A. DiGiovanni, Chih C. Lin, Suresh G. Patel, Rudolf Carl Pessier, Danny E. Scott, Michael L. Doster
  • Publication number: 20150034394
    Abstract: Earth-boring drill bits may include a bit body including blades extending radially over a face of the earth-boring drill bit and cutting elements attached to each blade. Only cutting elements including planar cutting faces may be attached to at least one of the blades. Only cutting elements including nonplanar cutting faces may be attached to at least another of the blades. Only cutting elements including planar cutting faces or only cutting elements including nonplanar cutting faces may be attached to each of the blades. Only cutting elements including nonplanar cutting faces may be attached to a number of the blades that may be unequal to a number of the blades to which only cutting elements comprising planar cutting faces may be attached.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2014
    Publication date: February 5, 2015
    Inventors: David Gavia, Nicholas J. Lyons, Juan Miguel Bilen, Danny E. Scott, Rudolf Carl Pessier
  • Publication number: 20140332283
    Abstract: Earth-boring tools may have a body, a cutting element attached to the body at a first location, and a formation-engaging structure attached to the body at a second location. The formation-engaging structure may be movable during a drilling operation between a first position and a second position. In the first position, the formation-engaging structure may be located rotationally behind the cutting element at a first radial distance from a longitudinal axis of the body at which the cutting element will at least initially shield the formation-engaging structure from engaging a formation. In the second position, the formation-engaging structure may be located at a different second radial distance from the longitudinal axis of the body at which the formation-engaging structure will engage a formation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2013
    Publication date: November 13, 2014
    Inventors: Eric Do, Juan Miguel Bilen, Philip Christof Schulte, Jason E. Hoines
  • Publication number: 20140332271
    Abstract: Earth-boring tools may have a body, a cutting element attached to the body at a first location, and a formation-engaging structure attached to the body at a second location. The formation-engaging structure may be movable during a drilling operation between a first position and a second position. In the first position, the formation-engaging structure may be located rotationally behind the cutting element at a first radial distance from a longitudinal axis of the body at which the cutting element will at least initially shield the formation-engaging structure from engaging a formation. In the second position, the formation-engaging structure may be located at a different second radial distance from the longitudinal axis of the body at which the formation-engaging structure will engage a formation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2013
    Publication date: November 13, 2014
    Inventors: Eric Do, Juan Miguel Bilen, Philip Christof Schulte, Jason E. Hoines
  • Publication number: 20140311801
    Abstract: In one aspect, a drill bit is disclosed that in one embodiment includes a bit body and a pad that extends from a retracted position to an extended position from a bit surface at a first rate and retracts from the extended position to a retracted position at a second rate that is less than the first rate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2013
    Publication date: October 23, 2014
    Applicant: BAKER HUGHES INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Jayesh R. Jain, Juan Miguel Bilen
  • Patent number: 8851207
    Abstract: Earth-boring drill bits comprise a bit body having a plurality of radially extending blades and a plurality of cutting elements attached to the plurality of radially extending blades. Only gouging cutting elements are attached to at least one blade of the plurality of radially extending blades. Only shearing cutting elements are attached to at least another blade of the plurality of radially extending blades. Only shearing cutting elements are attached to a number of blades of the plurality of radially extending blades that is different from a number of blades of the plurality of radially extending blades to which only gouging cutting elements are attached. Methods of forming an earth-boring drill bit comprise forming a bit body including a plurality of radially extending blades. Only shearing cutting elements are attached to a number of blades different from a number of blades to which only gouging cutting elements are attached.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: Baker Hughes Incorporated
    Inventors: David Gavia, Nicholas J. Lyons, Juan Miguel Bilen, Danny E. Scott, Rudolf Carl Pessier
  • Publication number: 20140262511
    Abstract: In one aspect, a drill bit is disclosed that in one embodiment includes a plurality of elements that extend and retract from a surface of the drill bit, wherein the plurality of such elements are in fluid communication with each other to compensate for differing forces applied to such elements during drilling operations. In another aspect, a method of drilling a wellbore is provided that in one embodiment includes: conveying a drill string having a drill bit at an end thereof, wherein the drill bit includes a plurality of elements that extend and retract from a surface of the drill bit, wherein the plurality of such elements are in fluid communication with each other to compensate for differing forces applied to such elements during drilling operations; and drilling the wellbore using the drill string.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: BAKER HUGHES INCORPORATED
    Inventor: Juan Miguel Bilen
  • Publication number: 20140238752
    Abstract: Processes for pre-sharpening cutting structures comprising particles of superabrasive material such as diamond grit, dispersed in a metal matrix material such as cemented tungsten carbide. Matrix material may be removed from a surface of a cutting structure to a desired depth to expose superabrasive particles within the matrix material adjacent the surface, and to increase exposure of partially exposed superabrasive particles at the surface. Electrodischarge machining (EDM), laser machining, electrolytic etching and chemical etching may also be employed. Pre-sharpened cutting structures are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2013
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Applicant: BAKER HUGHES INCORPORATED
    Inventors: J. Miguel Bilen, Victor L. Reddick, JR., Wesley Dean Fuller
  • Patent number: 8794356
    Abstract: Earth-boring tools include a body, one or more blades projecting outwardly from the body, and cutting elements carried by the blade. The cutting elements include at least one shearing cutting element and at least one gouging cutting element. Methods of forming an earth-boring tool include mounting a shearing cutting element comprising an at least substantially planar cutting face to a body of an earth-boring tool, and mounting a gouging cutting element comprising a non-planar cutting face to the body of the earth-boring tool. The gouging cutting element may be positioned on the body of the earth-boring tool such that the gouging cutting element will gouge formation material within a kerf cut in the formation material by the shearing cutting element, or between kerfs cut in the formation material by a plurality of shearing cutting elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Assignee: Baker Hughes Incorporated
    Inventors: Nicholas J. Lyons, Rudolf Carl Pessier, Danny E. Scott, David Gavia, Juan Miguel Bilen, Anthony A. DiGiovanni
  • Publication number: 20140116788
    Abstract: Cutting elements for earth-boring tools include a substrate having a front end surface, an opposing back end surface, and at least one side surface extending between the front end surface and the back end surface. A volume of polycrystalline hard material is disposed on the front end surface of the substrate. The substrate and hard material may have a curved or an annular configuration defining an aperture within the cutting element. Earth boring tools include such cutting elements. Methods of forming earth-boring tools include attaching such one or more such cutting elements to a body of an earth-boring tool.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2012
    Publication date: May 1, 2014
    Applicant: BAKER HUGHES INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Suresh G. Patel, Chaitanya K. Vempati, Juan Miguel Bilen
  • Patent number: 8689903
    Abstract: A coring apparatus is provided, which apparatus, in one exemplary embodiment, includes a rotatable member coupled to a drill bit configured to drill a core from a formation, a substantially non-rotatable member in the rotatable member configured to receive the core from the formation, and a sensor configured to provide signals relating to rotation between the rotatable member and the substantially non-rotatable member during drilling of the core from the formation, and a circuit configured to process the signals from the sensor to estimate rotation between the rotatable member and the non-rotatable member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2014
    Assignee: Baker Hughes Incorporated
    Inventors: Chris C. Beuershausen, Juan Miguel Bilen, Larry M. Hall, Thomas Uhlenberg, Jason R. Habernal
  • Publication number: 20130292188
    Abstract: An earth-boring tool having at least one cutting element with a multi-friction cutting face provides for the steering of formation cuttings as the cuttings slide across the cutting face. The multi-friction cutting element includes a diamond table bonded to a substrate of superabrasive material. The diamond table has a cutting face formed thereon with a cutting edge extending along a periphery of the cutting face. The cutting face has a first area having an average surface finish roughness less than an average surface finish roughness of a second area of the cutting face, the two areas separated by a boundary having a proximal end proximate the tool crown and a distal end remote from the tool crown.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2012
    Publication date: November 7, 2013
    Applicant: BAKER HUGHES INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Juan Miguel Bilen, Anthony A. DiGiovanni, Chih C. Lin, Suresh G. Patel, Rudolf Carl Pessier, Danny E. Scott, Michael L. Doster
  • Patent number: 8505634
    Abstract: Earth-boring tools include combinations of shearing cutting elements and gouging cutting elements on a blade of the earth-boring tools. In some embodiments, a gouging cutting element may be disposed adjacent to a shearing cutting element on a blade of an earth-boring tool. Methods of forming earth-boring tools include providing such combination of at least one shearing cutting element and at least one gouging cutting element on a blade of an earth-boring tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2013
    Assignee: Baker Hughes Incorporated
    Inventors: Nicholas J. Lyons, Danny E. Scott, Rudolf Carl Pessier, David Gavia, Juan Miguel Bilen
  • Publication number: 20130140096
    Abstract: Earth-boring tools comprise a body comprising at least one pocket extending into the body. A first discrete cutting element segment is secured within the at least one pocket. At least another discrete cutting element segment is secured within the at least one pocket. Methods of forming a cutting structure secured to an earth-boring tool comprise disposing at least one discrete cutting element or at least one cutting element segment within a pocket or recess formed in a blade extending longitudinally and radially over a face of a body. At least one discrete wearable element or at least another discrete cutting element segment is disposed within the pocket or recess. The at least one discrete cutting element or at least one discrete cutting element segment and the at least one discrete wearable element or at least another discrete cutting element segment are secured to the blade within the pocket or recess.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2011
    Publication date: June 6, 2013
    Applicant: BAKER HUGHES INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Christopher J. Cleboski, Juan Miguel Bilen
  • Publication number: 20120279785
    Abstract: Earth-boring drill bits comprise a bit body having a plurality of radially extending blades and a plurality of cutting elements attached to the plurality of radially extending blades. Only gouging cutting elements are attached to at least one blade of the plurality of radially extending blades. Only shearing cutting elements are attached to at least another blade of the plurality of radially extending blades. Only shearing cutting elements are attached to a number of blades of the plurality of radially extending blades that is different from a number of blades of the plurality of radially extending blades to which only gouging cutting elements are attached. Methods of forming an earth-boring drill bit comprise forming a bit body including a plurality of radially extending blades. Only shearing cutting elements are attached to a number of blades different from a number of blades to which only gouging cutting elements are attached.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2011
    Publication date: November 8, 2012
    Applicant: BAKER HUGHES INCORPORATED
    Inventors: David Gavia, Nicholas J. Lyons, Juan Miguel Bilen, Danny E. Scott, Rudolf Carl Pessier
  • Publication number: 20110266070
    Abstract: Cutting elements include a volume of superabrasive material. The volume of superabrasive material comprises a front-cutting surface, an end-cutting surface, a cutting edge, and lateral side surfaces extending between and intersecting each of the front-cutting surface and the end-cutting surface. An earth-boring tool may comprise a bit body and at least one cutting element attached to the bit body. Methods of forming cutting elements comprise forming a volume of superabrasive material comprising forming a front-cutting surface, an end-cutting surface, a cutting edge, and lateral side surfaces extending between and intersecting each of the front-cutting surface and the end-cutting surface. Methods of forming earth-boring tools comprise forming a cutting element and attaching the cutting element to an earth-boring tool.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2011
    Publication date: November 3, 2011
    Applicant: BAKER HUGHES INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Danny E. Scott, Nicholas J. Lyons, Juan Miguel Bilen, Oliver Matthews, Rudolf Carl Pessier
  • Publication number: 20110253452
    Abstract: A coring apparatus is provided, which apparatus, in one exemplary embodiment, includes a rotatable member coupled to a drill bit configured to drill a core from a formation, a substantially non-rotatable member in the rotatable member configured to receive the core from the formation, and a sensor configured to provide signals relating to rotation between the rotatable member and the substantially non-rotatable member during drilling of the core from the formation, and a circuit configured to process the signals from the sensor to estimate rotation between the rotatable member and the non-rotatable member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2011
    Publication date: October 20, 2011
    Applicant: BAKER HUGHES INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Chris C. Beuershausen, Juan Miguel Bilen, Larry M. Hall, Thomas Uhlenberg, Jason R. Habernal
  • Publication number: 20110192651
    Abstract: Earth-boring tools include a body, one or more blades projecting outwardly from the body, and cutting elements carried by the blade. The cutting elements include at least one shearing cutting element and at least one gouging cutting element. Methods of forming an earth-boring tool include mounting a shearing cutting element comprising an at least substantially planar cutting face to a body of an earth-boring tool, and mounting a gouging cutting element comprising a non-planar cutting face to the body of the earth-boring tool. The gouging cutting element may be positioned on the body of the earth-boring tool such that the gouging cutting element will gouge formation material within a kerf cut in the formation material by the shearing cutting element, or between kerfs cut in the formation material by a plurality of shearing cutting elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2011
    Publication date: August 11, 2011
    Applicant: BAKER HUGHES INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Nicholas J. Lyons, Rudolf Carl Pessier, Danny E. Scott, David Gavia, Juan Miguel Bilen