Patents

US 12509946 B1: Polycrystalline diamond compacts including a cemented carbide substrate

Granted
2025-12-30
Filed
2024-07-02 application 18761846
Type
Utility · 20 claims
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Abstract

Embodiments relate to a polycrystalline diamond compact (“PDC”) including a polycrystalline diamond (“PCD”) table bonded to a cemented carbide substrate including tungsten carbide grains having a fine average grain size to provide one or more of enhanced wear resistance, corrosion resistance, or erosion resistance, and a PDC with enhanced impact resistance. In an embodiment, a PDC includes a cemented carbide substrate having a cobalt-containing cementing constituent cementing tungsten carbide grains together exhibiting an average grain size of about 1.5 μm or less. The substrate includes an interfacial surface and a depletion zone depleted of the cementing constituent that extends inwardly from the interfacial surface to a depth of, for example, about 30 μm to about 60 μm. The PDC includes a PCD table bonded to the interfacial surface of the substrate. The PCD table includes diamond grains bonded together exhibiting an average grain size of about 40 μm or less.

Source: PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 (ipg251230.xml).

Assignees

AssigneeTypePlaceAlso on furp.orgSource
US Synthetic Corporation 551 patentsUS company or organizationOrem, UTUS SYNTHETIC CORPORATION State business registration EXACT high confidence: identical full name and statePVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10

Inventors

InventorPlacePatentsPerson pageSource
Debkumar MukhopadhyaySandy, UT84PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10

CPC categories

SubclassCategoryFirst groupSource
E21BEarth or rock drilling; obtaining oil, gas, water, soluble or meltable materials or a slurry of minerals from wellsE21B10/5735PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10

Cooperative Patent Classification, as currently assigned (one row per subclass).

Assignments and security interests

RecordedWhatFromToReel/frameSource
2025-07-18Security interest Security interest
Security interest
US SYNTHETIC CORPORATION signed 2025-07-18KEYBANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OVERLAND PARK, IL74973/89PASDL, file of 2026-10-18

Documents recorded with the USPTO Assignment Recordation Branch that list this patent. A security interest is a lender’s claim on the patent as collateral; a release ends it.

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