Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Shoulder, shoulder tool, and method of shoulder installation
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Application No.: US15385706Application Date: 2016-12-20
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Publication No.: US10605029B2Publication Date: 2020-03-31
- Inventor: Dennis P. Nguyen
- Applicant: Cameron International Corporation
- Applicant Address: US TX Houston
- Assignee: Cameron International Corporation
- Current Assignee: Cameron International Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Houston
- Agency: Fletcher Yoder, P.C.
- Main IPC: E21B33/03
- IPC: E21B33/03 ; E21B23/00 ; E21B23/01 ; E21B33/068 ; E21B33/04 ; E21B43/10 ; E21B23/04 ; E21B33/10

Abstract:
A shoulder includes a shoulder body having a plurality of J-slots disposed circumferentially about the shoulder body at a first axial end of the shoulder body, a retainer ring disposed about the shoulder body having an exterior threaded surface and an annular lip, a load ring having a threaded interior surface configured to interface with the threaded exterior surface of the retainer ring and a tapered bottom surface, and a lock ring having a tapered bottom surface configured to interface with the tapered bottom surface of the load ring such that when the load ring moves axially toward the lock ring, the lock ring radially expands and when the load ring moves axially away from the lock ring, the lock ring radially contracts.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170191332A1 SHOULDER, SHOULDER TOOL, AND METHOD OF SHOULDER INSTALLATION Public/Granted day:2017-07-06
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