Patents by Inventor Zachary Borders

Zachary Borders 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: 12227994
    Abstract: A cutting element includes a substrate and a volume of polycrystalline diamond (PDC) on the substrate. The PDC volume has a front cutting face, a lateral side surface, and a cutting edge between the front cutting face and the lateral side surface. The cutting edge has a cutting apex and extends between a first side flat surface and a second side flat surface. The side flat surfaces are disposed on opposing sides of the cutting apex. The cutting edge further includes a first chamfer surface and a second chamfer surface, which are located adjacent to one another and oriented at a first angle relative to one another at the cutting apex. The cutting edge includes one of: an arcuate edge having a radius of curvature; and a linear edge having discrete linear edges adjacent one another and separated by a second angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: Baker Hughes Oilfield Operations LLC
    Inventors: Timothy C. Webb, Zachary Borders, Stephen Duffy
  • Publication number: 20230203892
    Abstract: A cutting element includes a substrate and a volume of polycrystalline diamond (PDC) on the substrate. The PDC volume has a front cutting face, a lateral side surface, and a cutting edge between the front cutting face and the lateral side surface. The cutting edge has a cutting apex and extends between a first side flat surface and a second side flat surface. The side flat surfaces are disposed on opposing sides of the cutting apex. The cutting edge further includes a first chamfer surface and a second chamfer surface, which are located adjacent to one another and oriented at a first angle relative to one another at the cutting apex. The cutting edge includes one of: an arcuate edge having a radius of curvature; and a linear edge having discrete linear edges adjacent one another and separated by a second angle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2021
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Inventors: Timothy C. Webb, Zachary Borders, Stephen Duffy
  • Patent number: 10557318
    Abstract: Earth-boring tools include a body, at least one first blade extending outward from the body, and at least one second blade extending outward from the body. The at least one first blade includes an upper surface, a first gage region having a first longitudinal length, and a recess extending at least partially into the at least one first blade from the upper surface. The at least one second blade includes a second gage region having a second, greater longitudinal length. Additional earth-boring tools include first blades having first gage regions of a first longitudinal length and second blades having second gage regions of a second, greater longitudinal length. An upper external surface is tapered radially outward in a longitudinally upward direction relative to a central axis of the earth-boring tool. Methods including forming such first and second blades and removing material from the first blades to form recesses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2020
    Assignee: Baker Hughes, a GE company, LLC
    Inventors: Stephen Manson Slavens, Zachary Borders
  • Publication number: 20190145189
    Abstract: Earth-boring tools include a body, at least one first blade extending outward from the body, and at least one second blade extending outward from the body. The at least one first blade includes an upper surface, a first gage region having a first longitudinal length, and a recess extending at least partially into the at least one first blade from the upper surface. The at least one second blade includes a second gage region having a second, greater longitudinal length. Additional earth-boring tools include first blades having first gage regions of a first longitudinal length and second blades having second gage regions of a second, greater longitudinal length. An upper external surface is tapered radially outward in a longitudinally upward direction relative to a central axis of the earth-boring tool. Methods including forming such first and second blades and removing material from the first blades to form recesses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2017
    Publication date: May 16, 2019
    Inventors: Stephen Manson Slavens, Zachary Borders