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US 2026/0145302 A1Published application
Protective leaching mask assemblies and related methods
AssigneeUS Synthetic Corporation
InventorMichael James Gleason
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Abstract
Embodiments of the invention relate generally to protective leaching masks, and methods of manufacturing and using the same for leaching superabrasive elements such as polycrystalline diamond elements. In an embodiment, a protective leaching mask assembly includes a protective mask formed to protect at least a portion of a superabrasive element.
Claims20
A method of processing a superabrasive element, the method comprising:
- positioning a protective mask over a first portion of a superabrasive element;
- applying pressure on at least a portion of the protective mask with a binding member;
- and
- exposing a second portion of the superabrasive element to a leaching agent.
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A protective mask assembly, comprising:
- a protective mask to be positioned over a portion of a superabrasive element;
- and
- a binding member to be positioned over and to apply pressure over at least a portion of the protective mask.
A method of processing a superabrasive element, the method comprising:
- positioning a protective mask over a first portion of a superabrasive element, the protective mask having an outer surface sloping at an oblique angle relative to an underlying interface between the protective mask and the superabrasive element;
- and
- exposing a second portion of the superabrasive element to a leaching agent.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.