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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 22, 2022
Filed:
Apr. 25, 2018
Halliburton Energy Services, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
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);
Halliburton Energy Services, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
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.