Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Top entry valve
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Application No.: US17212766Application Date: 2021-03-25
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Publication No.: US11460116B2Publication Date: 2022-10-04
- Inventor: Jeremy Choate , Keith M. Adams
- Applicant: Baker Hughes Oilfield Operations LLC
- Applicant Address: US TX Houston
- Assignee: Baker Hughes Oilfield Operations LLC
- Current Assignee: Baker Hughes Oilfield Operations LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Houston
- Agency: Hogan Lovells US LLP
- Main IPC: F16K5/06
- IPC: F16K5/06 ; F16K5/04 ; F16K27/06

Abstract:
A valve for regulating a fluid flow includes a body with an opening at a top. The valve also includes a bonnet arranged within the opening, The valve further includes a coupling mechanism joining the body to the bonnet. The coupling mechanism includes a plurality of body lugs extending radially inward toward a stem axis, each body lug of the plurality of body lugs being separated from an adjacent body lug by a body opening. The coupling mechanism also includes a plurality of bonnet lugs extending radially outward from the stem axis, each bonnet lug of the plurality of bonnet lugs being separated from an adjacent bonnet lug by a bonnet opening. Each bonnet lug is adapted to axially move through a corresponding body opening to transition an axial position of the bonnet relative to the body.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210310569A1 TOP ENTRY VALVE Public/Granted day:2021-10-07
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