Insert for an attack tool, method for making same and tools incorporating same

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9566688
APP PUB NO 20110226532A1
SERIAL NO

13124855

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The invention relates to an insert for an attack tool, the insert comprising a super-hard cap having a volume and bonded to a substrate at an interface, the super-hard cap having an average Young's modulus of greater than 900 GPa and the substrate characterized in that it comprises a reinforcing bolster portion as a means for stiffening a region of the substrate proximate the interface, the reinforcing bolster portion having an aggregate volume that is greater than that of the super-hard cap and an average Young's modulus at least 60% that of the super-hard cap. The invention further relates to a method for manufacturing such an insert and a method for using such an insert.

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  • BAKER HUGHES INCORPORATED;ELEMENT SIX LIMITED

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
DiGiovanni, Anthony Albert Houston, US 2 24
Jonker, Cornelis Roelof Springs, ZA 20 207
Nilen, Roger William Nigel Springs, ZA 25 166

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