Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Annulus seal with stepped energizing ring
- Patent Title (中): 环形密封带有阶梯式通电环
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Application No.: US13612062Application Date: 2012-09-12
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Publication No.: US08997883B2Publication Date: 2015-04-07
- Inventor: Nicholas Peter Gette , Benjamin Michael Snyder
- Applicant: Nicholas Peter Gette , Benjamin Michael Snyder
- 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: E21B19/00
- IPC: E21B19/00 ; E21B33/04

Abstract:
A wellhead seal assembly that forms a metal-to-metal seal between inner and outer wellhead members. A seal member has inner and outer walls separated by a slot, where the slot has an upper portion that is wider than a lower portion of the slot. An energizing ring having an upper end portion and a nose is moved into the slot, where the upper end portion has a greater cross-sectional thickness than the nose. As the energizing ring is moved into the slot, the nose of the energizing ring engages the lower portion of the slot to form a lock against the walls of the inner and outer wellhead members, and the upper end portion of the energizing ring engages the upper portion of the slot to form a seal against the walls of the inner and outer wellhead members.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140069661A1 ANNULUS SEAL WITH STEPPED ENERGIZING RING Public/Granted day:2014-03-13
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