Seal system and method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-8936092-B2
Application number	US-201313736916-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 8, 2013
Priority date	Jul 19, 2007
Publication date	Jan 20, 2015
Grant date	Jan 20, 2015

Abstract

A system in some embodiments includes a system, having a seal assembly, including an inner energizing ring, an outer energizing ring, a load ring disposed between the inner energizing ring and the outer energizing ring, a sealing element, and a lock ring. Further other embodiments provide a method of sealing, including rotating an inner energizing ring in a direction to move the inner energizing ring in a first axial direction to seat a seal, rotating an outer energizing ring in the direction to wedgingly engage and set a lock ring in a radial direction, and rotating a load ring in the direction to move the load ring in a second axial direction to set the lock ring.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A system, comprising:
a subsea tool, comprising:
a first body;
a second body;
a coupler;
a plurality of shear pins disposed between the coupler and the first body, wherein the plurality of shear pins couple the first body to the coupler until a threshold force shears the plurality of shear pins; and
a plurality of engagement pins disposed between the coupler and the second body, wherein the plurality of engagement pins selectively move along a…

Assignees

• Cameron Int Corp

Inventors

• Nguyen Dennis P
• Taylor Thomas E

Classifications

• E21B33/04 Primary

  Fixed Constructions · mapped topic

• E21B23/00 Primary

  Fixed Constructions · mapped topic

• Y10T29/49826

  Cross-Sectional Technologies · mapped topic