Patents by Inventor Shelly R. Snyder

Shelly R. Snyder 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).

  • Patent number: 6315652
    Abstract: An abrasive tool insert if formed from a substrate having a face and a continuous abrasive layer having a center, a periphery forming a cutting edge, being integrally formed on the substrate, and defining an interface therebetween. The interface is formed in a sawtooth pattern of concentric rings extending from said center to the periphery. Radially outwardly sloping troughs extending from the center to the periphery are superimposed on the concentric rings. The profile of the interface slopes downwardly from the center to the periphery. The abrasive layer advantageously is diamond and the substrate advantageously is metal cemented carbide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2001
    Assignee: General Electric
    Inventors: Shelly R. Snyder, Eoin M. O'Tighearnaigh
  • Patent number: 6102143
    Abstract: A cutting element is composed of a metal carbide stud having an outer hemispherical distal end which has a series of annular ridges. The tops of the annual ridges are substantially non-planar, i.e., curvilinear, such that the angle formed between the slope on either side is less than 120.degree.. There are no surfaces tangent to vertical on such ridges. A layer of polycrystalline superabrasive material is disposed over the annular ridges. This cutter is easily manufacturable as the metal stud can be pressed and extracted from the punch without further machining and the surface geometry of the metal stud allows for complete PCD compaction during diamond sintering.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2000
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Shelly R. Snyder, George E. Bailey, Eoin O'Tighearnaigh