Drill bits, rotatable cutting structures, cutting structures having adjustable rotational resistance, and related methods
AssigneeBaker Hughes Incorporated
InventorsDavid A. Stockey, Reed W. Spencer
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AssigneeBaker Hughes Incorporated
InventorsDavid A. Stockey, Reed W. Spencer
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An earth-boring tool may include a body and at least one rotatable cutting structure assembly. The rotatable cutting structure assembly may include a leg, a rotatable cutting structure rotatably coupled to the leg, and a resistance actuator configured to impose rotational resistance on the rotatable cutting structure relative to the leg. An earth-boring to may include a plurality of rotatable cutting structure assemblies coupled to the bit body and a plurality of blades coupled to the body. A method of drilling a borehole may include rotating an earth-boring tool within the borehole, causing rotational resistance to be imposed on at least one rotatable cutting structure of the earth-boring tool, causing a blade of the earth-boring tool to be pushed into a sidewall of the borehole, and side cutting the sidewall of the borehole with the blade.
An earth-boring tool, comprising:
An earth-boring tool, comprising:
A method of drilling a borehole, comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.