Inventor
WESTHOFF JAMES C
US16 patents
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BAKER HUGHES INC
8 patentsUS7556668B2Jul 7, 2009
Consolidated hard materials, methods of manufacture, and applications
BAKER HUGHES INC73 citations96
US7691173B2Apr 6, 2010
Consolidated hard materials, earth-boring rotary drill bits including such hard materials, and methods of forming such hard materials
BAKER HUGHES INC18 citations91
US7913779B2Mar 29, 2011
Earth-boring rotary drill bits including bit bodies having boron carbide particles in aluminum or aluminum-based alloy matrix materials, and methods for forming such bits
BAKER HUGHES INC15 citations84
US7807099B2Oct 5, 2010
Method for forming earth-boring tools comprising silicon carbide composite materials
BAKER HUGHES INC11 citations84
US7784567B2Aug 31, 2010
Earth-boring rotary drill bits including bit bodies comprising reinforced titanium or titanium-based alloy matrix materials, and methods for forming such bits
BAKER HUGHES INC18 citations84
US7829013B2Nov 9, 2010
Components of earth-boring tools including sintered composite materials and methods of forming such components
BAKER HUGHES INC10 citations82
US10167673B2Jan 1, 2019
Earth-boring tools and methods of forming tools including hard particles in a binder
BAKER HUGHES INC1 citations62
US9428822B2Aug 30, 2016
Earth-boring tools and components thereof including material having hard phase in a metallic binder, and metallic binder compositions for use in forming such tools and components
BAKER HUGHES INC0 citations51
TDY IND INC
2 patentsEASON JIMMY W
2 patentsCHOE HEEMAN
2 patentsUS8230762B2Jul 31, 2012
Methods of forming earth-boring rotary drill bits including bit bodies having boron carbide particles in aluminum or aluminum-based alloy matrix materials
CHOE HEEMAN10 citations83
US8074750B2Dec 13, 2011
Earth-boring tools comprising silicon carbide composite materials, and methods of forming same
CHOE HEEMAN8 citations83
MIRCHANDANI PRAKASH K
2 patentsUS8172914B2May 8, 2012
Infiltration of hard particles with molten liquid binders including melting point reducing constituents, and methods of casting bodies of earth-boring tools
MIRCHANDANI PRAKASH K8 citations83
US8403080B2Mar 26, 2013
Earth-boring tools and components thereof including material having hard phase in a metallic binder, and metallic binder compositions for use in forming such tools and components
MIRCHANDANI PRAKASH K3 citations73