US 12,065,883 B2
Hybrid bit
Scott D. McDonough, The Woodlands, TX (US); Venkatesh Karuppiah, The Woodlands, TX (US); Mahesha Kumar, Cypress, TX (US); and Shelton Alsup, Houston, TX (US)
Assigned to SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION, Sugar Land, TX (US)
Appl. No. 18/247,111
Filed by Schlumberger Technology Corporation, Sugar Land, TX (US)
PCT Filed Sep. 28, 2021, PCT No. PCT/US2021/052448
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Mar. 29, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/072369, PCT Pub. Date Apr. 7, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/084,967, filed on Sep. 29, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0374865 A1, Nov. 23, 2023
Int. Cl. E21B 10/25 (2006.01); E21B 10/14 (2006.01)
CPC E21B 10/25 (2013.01) [E21B 10/14 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for manufacturing a bit, comprising:
providing a bit body, the bit body including a fixed blade and a wheel support structure, the wheel support structure defining a wheel slot;
providing a wheel, the wheel including a plurality of cutting elements;
inserting a first flange into the wheel support structure;
inserting the wheel into the wheel slot;
with the wheel in the wheel slot, measuring a separation distance between the first flange and the wheel support structure;
removing the wheel from the wheel slot and the first flange from the wheel support structure;
adding at least one shim to the wheel support structure, the at least one shim having a shim width less than or equal to the separation distance; and
after adding the at least one shim, inserting the first flange into the wheel support structure and the wheel into the wheel slot.