Invention Grant
US08925639B2 Seal with bellows style nose ring and radially drivable lock rings
有权
密封带波纹管式鼻环和径向可驱动的锁环
- Patent Title: Seal with bellows style nose ring and radially drivable lock rings
- Patent Title (中): 密封带波纹管式鼻环和径向可驱动的锁环
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Application No.: US13312014Application Date: 2011-12-06
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Publication No.: US08925639B2Publication Date: 2015-01-06
- Inventor: Daniel Caleb Benson , David L. Ford
- Applicant: Daniel Caleb Benson , David L. Ford
- 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: E21B33/04
- IPC: E21B33/04

Abstract:
A seal assembly between a wellhead housing having a bore and a casing hanger, has an inner seal leg for sealing against a hanger and an outer seal leg for sealing against the housing. A bellows style portion is formed on a nose ring carried by the seal assembly to increase lockdown capacity. The bellows style portion has an inner surface that faces an outer profile of the hanger, and an outer surface that faces the bore of the housing. Inner and outer lock rings are disposed on the bellows style portion. When the bellows style portion is axially collapsed, it radially expands into the bore of the housing and the outer profile of the hanger, and urges the inner and outer lock rings into engagement with the outer profile of the hanger and the bore of the housing.
Public/Granted literature
- US20130140042A1 SEAL WITH BELLOWS STYLE NOSE RING AND RADIALLY DRIVABLE LOCK RINGS Public/Granted day:2013-06-06
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