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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 07, 2024
Filed:
Jul. 30, 2020
Applicant:
Chevron U.s.a. Inc., San Ramon, CA (US);
Inventor:
James Daniel Montoya, Santa Fe, NM (US);
Assignee:
Chevron U.S.A. Inc., San Ramon, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 17/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 17/1021 (2013.01); E21B 17/1028 (2013.01); E21B 17/1057 (2013.01);
Abstract
A centralizer for use in high speed rotor dynamics applications includes a housing having a first end portion and a second end portion. The centralizer further includes a rotatable shaft positioned within a cavity of the housing. The centralizer also includes flexure springs that are each attached to and extend between the first end portion and the second end portion. The flexure springs are compressible toward a middle portion of the housing that is between the first end portion and the second end portion. The centralizer further includes roller wheels attached to the flexure springs.