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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 13, 2021
Filed:
Aug. 24, 2018
Emerson Process Management Regulator Technologies, Inc., McKinney, TX (US);
Khashayar A. Nashery, Dallas, TX (US);
Roy R. Pelfrey, Sherman, TX (US);
Mark A. Michnevitz, Frisco, TX (US);
Jake Buford, The Colony, TX (US);
EMERSON PROCESS MANAGEMENT REGULATOR TECHNOLOGIES, INC., McKinney, TX (US);
Abstract
A self-centering valve adapter connection assembly includes a first equipment flange that is connected to a second equipment flange with an adapter ring. The adapter ring includes a first longitudinal flange with a tapered inner surface and a cylindrical outer surface. The adapter ring aids in centering the first and second equipment flanges while smoothing a fluid flow corridor between the first equipment flange and the second equipment flange.