Cutter tool insert having sensing device
AssigneeDiamond Innovations, Inc.
InventorsJoel Vaughn, Steven W. Webb, Patrick Georges Gabriel Dapsalmon
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Abstract
A cutting element for an earth-boring drilling tool and its method of making are provided. The cutting element may include a substrate, a superhard layer, and a sensing element. The superhard layer may be bonded to the substrate along an interface. The superhard layer may have a working surface opposite the interface and an outer peripheral surface. The outer peripheral surface may extend between the working surface and the interface. The sensing element may comprise at least a part of the superhard layer.
Claims6
A cutting element for an earth-boring drilling tool, comprising:
- a substrate;
- a superhard layer bonded to the substrate along an interface, the superhard layer having a working surface opposite the interface and an outer peripheral surface extending between the working surface and the interface;
- and
- a sensing element comprising at least a part of the superhard layer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.