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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 09, 2023
Filed:
May. 20, 2016
Fmc Technologies, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Scott E. Linder, Spring, TX (US);
Robert P. Matson, Cypress, TX (US);
Calvin C. Liu, Missouri City, TX (US);
FMC Technologies, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A flow control device includes a valve body, a first port disposed on the valve body, a second port disposed on the valve body, a gate disposed within the valve body and configured to control a flow of a fluid between the first port and the second port, and a seat disposed between the gate and the valve body, the seat including a first surface configured to form a circumferential seal with the valve body and a second surface configured to form a face seal with the gate. A method includes receiving, by a sealing assembly forming a circumferential seal between a seat and a valve body, a first force from a collar disposed on the seat in response to a first movement of a gate, and moving, in response to receiving the first force, the sealing assembly in a first direction of the first force.