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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:
Oct. 26, 1993
Filed:
Dec. 19, 1991
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
ABB Vetco Gray Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
166345 ; 166368 ; 285 18 ;
Abstract
A subsea wellhead connector has a stress joint which abuts the rim of a wellhead housing. A body is carried by the stress joint and extends over the wellhead housing. The body carries dogs for moving into an engaged position with a profile on the exterior of the wellhead housing. A seal locates between the rim and the downward facing shoulder of the stress joint.