Invention Application
- Patent Title: IMPROVED ROTATING CONTROL DEVICE FOR LAND RIGS
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Application No.: PCT/US2019/030042Application Date: 2019-04-30
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Publication No.: WO2019213162A1Publication Date: 2019-11-07
- Inventor: FRACZEK, Justin , MCCLOSKY, Shawn , MICHAUD, George , MACGREGOR, Alexander , LAI, Fukun
- Applicant: AMERIFORGE GROUP INC.
- Applicant Address: 945 Bunker Hill Rd, Suite 500 Houston, Texas 77024 US
- Assignee: AMERIFORGE GROUP INC.
- Current Assignee: AMERIFORGE GROUP INC.
- Current Assignee Address: 945 Bunker Hill Rd, Suite 500 Houston, Texas 77024 US
- Agency: ANGELO, Basil
- Priority: US62/665,885 20180502
- Main IPC: E21B33/02
- IPC: E21B33/02 ; E21B33/00 ; F16J15/00 ; F16J15/02 ; F16J15/16 ; F16L19/00
Abstract:
A rotating control device includes a bowl housing with an inner aperture to receive a seal and bearing assembly. A plurality of hydraulically-actuated fail-last-position latching assemblies are disposed about an outer surface of the bowl housing to controllably extend a plurality of piston-driven dogs radially into a groove of the seal and bearing assembly. The seal and bearing assembly includes a housing, a mandrel disposed within an inner aperture of the housing, a first interference-fit sealing element attached to a bottom distal end of the mandrel, a plurality of tapered-thrust bearings indirectly mounted to the housing, a preload spacer disposed between top and bottom tapered-thrust bearings, a plurality of jam nuts to adjust a preload of the tapered-thrust bearings and a lower seal carrier attached to the seal and bearing housing comprising a plurality of dynamic sealing elements that contact the mandrel.
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