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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:
Jul. 16, 1991
Filed:
Jul. 23, 1990
Applicant:
Inventor:
John M Zwiegel, Houston, TX (US);
Assignee:
Cooper Industries, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
166 86 ; 166 88 ; 166207 ; 285142 ; 285146 ; 285147 ;
Abstract
An improved casing hanger and seal assembly includes a split seal ring disposed between annular plates on a support shoulder in a wellhead. A plurality of floating pedestals are received within the seal ring. A slip and bowl assembly is mounted over the seal ring in the head, and when loaded by the casing weight provides the force to energize the seal ring to seal the casing and head. The floating pedestals provide stops to limit seal energization to a predetermined amount, and are movable with the seal ring to assist in distributing stress equally across the cross-section of the seal ring.