Seal with bellows style nose ring
US8851194B2 · kind B2 · utility
Inventors
Key dates
| Filing date | May 24, 2011 |
| Grant date | Oct 7, 2014 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 11, 2032 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC E)Fixed Constructions
- CPC primaryE21B33/0422
- WIPO fieldCivil engineering
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
A seal assembly between a wellhead housing having a bore and a casing hanger, has an inner seal leg for sealing against hanger and an outer seal leg for sealing against housing. An extension extends downward from outer seal leg and has a downward facing shoulder that rests on an upward facing shoulder formed on a nose ring. Connection connects seal ring to the nose ring with a lower portion of the nose ring resting on the upward facing shoulder of the casing hanger. Bellows are formed on the nose ring to increase lockdown capacity. Bellows have an inner surface that faces an outer profile of the hanger, and an outer surface on the bellow that faces the bore of the housing. When the bellows are axially collapsed, they expand radially outward and contract radially inward into the bore of the housing and the outer profile of the hanger.
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