Invention Grant
- Patent Title: High strength inlay to improve lock-down capacity in a wellhead
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Application No.: US14522126Application Date: 2014-10-23
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Publication No.: US09765588B2Publication Date: 2017-09-19
- Inventor: Mayur Mansukh , Aniruddha D. Gadre , David Lawrence Ford
- Applicant: Vetco Gray Inc.
- Applicant Address: US TX Houston
- Assignee: VETCO GRAY INC.
- Current Assignee: VETCO GRAY INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Houston
- Agency: Hogan Lovells US LLP
- Main IPC: E21B33/04
- IPC: E21B33/04

Abstract:
A wellhead assembly includes a wellhead housing having a bore and a locking profile including a gallery slot, and an annular notch. An inner wellhead assembly is selectively landed in the bore of the wellhead housing, the inner wellhead assembly having a lock ring with a lock ring profile that engages the locking profile. The engaging surface is a sloped downward facing surface at an axially upper end of the gallery slot. The annular notch has a notch engaging profile with a downward facing notch upper shoulder and an upward facing notch lower shoulder. The locking profile includes an inlay, the inlay being located on the notch upper shoulder and the engaging surface.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150114667A1 High Strength Inlay to Improve Lock-Down Capacity in a Wellhead Public/Granted day:2015-04-30
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