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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 02, 2025
Filed:
Feb. 05, 2024
Innovex International, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Todd L. Scaggs, Fulshear, TX (US);
John Stepchinsky, Spring, TX (US);
John Trahan, Houston, TX (US);
Innovex International, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A system includes a seal assembly configured to retain a casing hanger within a wellhead. The seal assembly includes a main body; a lock ring coupled to the main body and configured to expand radially outward into a profile on an inner diameter of the wellhead; and an actuator, wherein the actuator is capable of transferring an axial force from the actuator into outward radial expansion of the lock ring until a tapered portion of the lock ring directly contacts a corresponding tapered portion of the profile, regardless of an initial distance from the lock ring to the profile prior to actuation of the lock ring.