Cutting element with canted design for improved braze contact area

A cutting element comprising:

• a body made from a hard material having an end surface and a periphery wherein more than half of the end surface extending to the periphery is canted defining an end surface having a canted portion extending to the periphery and a non-canted portion extending to the Periphery;
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• an ultra hard material layer formed over the end surface having an exposed upper surface.

A drill bit for drilling earth formations comprising:

• a bit body having a plurality of openings for accommodating cutting elements each opening having a support wall;
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• a cutting element mounted in an opening, wherein the cutting element comprises a body having an end face and a periphery, wherein at least half of the end face extending to the periphery is canted,defining an end surface having a canted portion extending to the periphery and an non-canted portion extending the periphery, wherein the body comprises a maximum length at a first location and a minimum length at a second location, and wherein an ultra hard material layer is formed over the canted end face such that the layer is thinnest over the body maximum length and thickest over the body minimum length, and wherein the ultra hard material thickest portion is positioned for making contact with earth formations during drilling.

A drill bit for drilling earth formations comprising:

• a bit body having a plurality of openings for accommodating cutting elements each opening having a support wall;
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• a cutting element mounted in an opening, wherein the cutting element comprises a generally cylindrical body made from a hard material, and an ultra hard material layer formed on the body having an exposed upper surface, wherein the thickness of the ultra hard material layer continuously and non-linearly increases along an entire diameter of the body, wherein the body comprises a maximum length at a first location and a minimum length at a second location, and wherein an ultra hard material layer is thinnest over the body maximum length and thickest over the body minimum length, and wherein the ultra hard material thickest portion is positioned for making contact with earth formations during drilling.

A cutting element comprising:

• a generally cylindrical body made from a hard material having an end surface and a periphery wherein at least a portion of the end surface extending to the periphery is canted defining an end surface having a canted and an non-canted portion;
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• an ultra hard material layer formed over the end surface, wherein the thickness of the ultra hard material layer over the canted portion of the end surface increases in thickness continuously and non-linearly to the periphery along the longest path coincident with a diameter of the body. formed between the ultra hard material layer and the body.