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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:
Jan. 20, 1987
Filed:
Jul. 09, 1984
Applicant:
Inventor:
David W Hughes, Houston, TX (US);
Assignee:
Vetco Offshore, Inc., Ventura, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
1372361 ; 13759618 ; 1376275 ; 251148 ; 251 77 ; 251 636 ; 251 635 ; 166319 ;
Abstract
A connector for use in establishing a flow path for a control fluid between a pressurized source and a hydraulically controllable device located at a subsea well head. The connector includes a control valve assembly which is reciprocal to establish a seal about a control port on the controllable device prior to coupling the source to the port and to isolate the source from the port prior to breaking the seal pursuant to the separation of the connection from the controllable device.