US Patent Issued to Schlumberger Technology on Sept. 1 for "Variable cutting element exposure in a cutting tool" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,723,472, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to Schlumberger Technology Corp. (Sugar Land, Texas).

"Variable cutting element exposure in a cutting tool" was invented by Craig Raisanen (Houston), Mason Cherry (Houston), Philip Trunk (Houston) and Scott D. McDonough (Woodlands, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A drill bit may include a bit body having a bit axis about which the bit body is configured to rotate in a rotational direction. A drill bit may include a roller cone connected to the bit body and having a cone axis around which the roller cone is configured to rotate, the roller cone having a plurality of cutting inserts positioned ...