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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 04, 2020
Filed:
Apr. 20, 2017
Applicant:
GE Oil & Gas Esp, Inc., Oklahoma City, OK (US);
Inventors:
Steven Alan Howell, Oklahoma City, OK (US);
Aaron Noakes, Norman, OK (US);
Assignee:
GE Oil & Gas ESP, Inc., Oklahoma City, OK (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F04D 13/08 (2006.01); E21B 43/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 43/128 (2013.01);
Abstract
A pumping system includes a motor, a shaft driven by the motor, a pump driven by shaft, a thrust bearing housing and a thrust bearing assembly contained within the thrust bearing housing. The thrust bearing assembly includes a rotating component connected to the shaft, a first bearing adjacent to the rotating component and an adjustment mechanism for the adjusting the distance between the rotating component and the first bearing. The adjustment mechanism can be externally manipulated from outside the thrust bearing housing.