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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 15, 1986
Filed:
Nov. 14, 1983
Applicant:
Inventors:
Glenn W Anderson, Oildale, CA (US);
Odell C Masters, Bakersfield, CA (US);
Assignee:
Chevron Research Company, San Francisco, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
166 751 ; 166 89 ;
Abstract
A wellhead expansion assembly for wells having a plurality of tubes carrying hot fluids into and out of a well. Thermal expansion of the tubing is a accommodated by provision of an expansion chamber for termination of each separate string of tubing. Expansion chambers are connected in series, female threaded end to male threaded end. A male end of a first expansion chamber is threadedly engaged with a wellhead donut while a terminal end of a last expansion chamber in the series is threadedly engaged with a cap.