Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Self sealing hydraulic coupler
- Patent Title (中): 自密封液压联轴器
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Application No.: US12570985Application Date: 2009-09-30
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Publication No.: US08113287B2Publication Date: 2012-02-14
- Inventor: Karl A. Parfrey
- Applicant: Karl A. Parfrey
- Applicant Address: US TX Houston
- Assignee: Vetco Gray Inc.
- Current Assignee: Vetco Gray Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Houston
- Agency: Bracewell & Giuliani LLP
- Main IPC: E21B34/04
- IPC: E21B34/04

Abstract:
A hydraulic coupler for providing fluid communication between adjacent members that includes a two way check valve formed from a double headed poppet set in a hollow cylinder with corrugated bellows like walls. Contoured bores are provided in the cylinder ends and the poppet heads are profiled to match the contour of the bores. When the heads are seated in the bores they form a sealing surface to block fluid from flowing through the coupler. Compressively preloading the cylinder before assembly provides a sealing force between the heads and the bores. Axially compressing the cylinder with respect to the poppet unseats the heads from the bores to form a flow path through the coupler.
Public/Granted literature
- US20110073324A1 Self Sealing Hydraulic Coupler Public/Granted day:2011-03-31
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