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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Mar. 22, 2022

Filed:

Apr. 25, 2018
Applicant:

Halliburton Energy Services, Inc., Houston, TX (US);

Inventors:

Wesley John Nowitzki, Tulsa, OK (US);

Joshua W. Webster, Sand Springs, OK (US);

Jason Hill, Bristow, OK (US);

Joe D. Butler, Tulsa, OK (US);

Justin Shrum, Calremore, OK (US);

Bryan Mullins, Claremore, OK (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F04D 29/22 (2006.01); F04D 29/18 (2006.01); F04D 29/20 (2006.01); F04D 29/044 (2006.01); F04D 13/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F04D 29/22 (2013.01); F04D 13/10 (2013.01); F04D 29/044 (2013.01); F04D 29/185 (2013.01); F04D 29/20 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method and apparatus for a centrifugal pump according to which an annular retainer is positioned around a first end portion of a pump shaft, an open end portion of a compression cylinder is positioned around the first end portion of the pump shaft so that the pump shaft extends within an internal cavity of the compression cylinder, the compression cylinder is moved towards an annular groove formed in the first end portion of the pump shaft, and the annular retainer is sprung into the annular groove. In some embodiments, springing the annular retainer into the annular groove constrains one or more impellers and one or more annular spacers between the annular retainer and another annular retainer connected to the pump shaft.


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