Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Undersea hydraulic coupling with multiple pressure-energized metal seals
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Application No.: US15720663Application Date: 2017-09-29
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Publication No.: US10400541B2Publication Date: 2019-09-03
- Inventor: Robert E. Smith, III , Scott Stolle , Chris Roy
- Applicant: National Coupling Company, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US TX Stafford
- Assignee: National Coupling Company
- Current Assignee: National Coupling Company
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Stafford
- Agency: Blank Rome LLP
- Main IPC: E21B33/12
- IPC: E21B33/12 ; E21B33/035 ; F16L17/08 ; E21B33/00 ; E21B33/038 ; F16L1/26

Abstract:
A female undersea hydraulic coupling member is equipped with a plurality of pressure-energized metal seals configured to seal between the body of the female member and the probe of a corresponding male hydraulic coupling member in response to ambient hydrostatic pressure and/or hydraulic fluid pressure. Pressure-energized metal seals may also be provided to seal between the body of the female coupling member and a removable seal retainer or seal cartridge. In one particular preferred embodiment, the pressure-energized seals are back-to-back metal C-seals separated by annular seal supports having a generally T-shaped cross section and retained on one or more shoulders in the body of the female member by a removable seal cartridge.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180094498A1 Undersea Hydraulic Coupling with Multiple Pressure-Energized Metal Seals Public/Granted day:2018-04-05
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