- Patent Title: Sensors in earth-boring tools, related systems, and related methods
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Application No.: US16037883Application Date: 2018-07-17
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Publication No.: US10704376B2Publication Date: 2020-07-07
- Inventor: Richard Yao , Kenneth R. Evans , Chaitanya K. Vempati , R. Keith Glasgow, Jr. , Navish Makkar , Priscila Farias Ronqui , Eric C. Sullivan
- Applicant: Baker Hughes Oilfield Operations LLC
- Applicant Address: US TX Houston US TX Houston
- Assignee: Baker Hughes Oilfield Operations LLC,Baker Hughes, a GE company, LLC
- Current Assignee: Baker Hughes Oilfield Operations LLC,Baker Hughes, a GE company, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Houston US TX Houston
- Agency: TraskBritt
- Main IPC: E21B47/00
- IPC: E21B47/00 ; G01L1/16 ; G01V9/00 ; E21B47/06 ; E21B47/01 ; E21B10/42 ; G01V3/18

Abstract:
An earth-boring tool includes a shank. The shank may include a central bore extending partially through the shank. An end-cap may be disposed within the central bore, and the end-cap may include a first flange, a second flange, and a body portion extending between the first flange and the second flange. An annular chamber may be defined between the body portion of the end-cap and an interior wall of the central bore of the shank. At least one strain gauge may be secured to an outer surface of the body portion of the end-cap. At least one stain gauge may be secured to a cap portion welded over a recess formed in the earth-boring tool.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190242238A1 SENSORS IN EARTH-BORING TOOLS, RELATED SYSTEMS, AND RELATED METHODS Public/Granted day:2019-08-08
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