US Patent Issued to Taurex Drill Bits on May 5 for "PDC bit element with retention feature" (Texas, Oklahoma Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,618,293, issued on May 5, was assigned to Taurex Drill Bits LLC (Norman, Okla.).

"PDC bit element with retention feature" was invented by Samuel Barnett (Conroe, Texas), Dustin Lyles (Norman, Okla.), Warren Dyer (Norman, Okla.) and Blake Cameron Richnow (Magnolia, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A drill bit includes a bit body, one or more blades forming part of the bit body, a plurality of cutter pockets defined in the one or more blades, each cutter pocket providing a floor and an orifice defined in the floor, and a plurality of cutters secured to the one or more blades at the plurality of cutter pockets. Each cutter includes a subs...