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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 11, 2019
Filed:
Jul. 02, 2015
Utex Industries, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Mark Henry Naedler, Jonestown, TX (US);
Brett Thomas Sheely, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Timothy Vincent Burns, Shavertown, PA (US);
UTEX Industries, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A diverter flowline seal assembly for use in subsea drilling. The seal assembly includes a seal body having an inner diameter end and an outer diameter end formed of an inflatable elastomeric material having a first modulus. The inner diameter end of the seal body includes two diametrically opposed axially inward lip portions and two diametrically opposed axially outward base portions. Integrated with the inflatable elastomeric material at the base portions of the inner diameter end of the seal body is a material having a modulus that is higher than the modulus of the inflatable elastomeric material so as to prevent the radial expansion of the lip portions and the base portions of the inner diameter end of the seal body.