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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 28, 2020
Filed:
Nov. 14, 2017
Applicant:
Forum Us, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Inventors:
Heinrich Bartels, Houston, TX (US);
John Thompson, Newcastle upon Tyne, GB;
Assignee:
FORUM US, INC., Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16K 47/02 (2006.01); F16K 15/02 (2006.01); F16K 47/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16K 47/023 (2013.01); F16K 15/026 (2013.01); F16K 47/02 (2013.01); F16K 47/04 (2013.01); Y10T 137/2036 (2015.04); Y10T 137/785 (2015.04);
Abstract
A flow control assembly for subsea applications comprises a valve assembly and a damper assembly configured to control fluid flow between an external region and the valve assembly. The damper assembly comprises a damper housing, a damper flowpath extending between the inlet and the outlet of the damper housing, and a flow restrictor apparatus disposed in the damper flowpath to control a damper coefficient of the damper assembly.