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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. 10, 2007
Filed:
Dec. 09, 2004
Alistair D. Crozier, Aberdeen, GB;
Alistair D. Crozier, Aberdeen, GB;
Vetco Gray Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A subsea wellhead including a wellhead housing having a bore with a grooved profile. An upper portion of the bore has a greater diameter than a lower portion of the bore, and a central conical portion of the bore joins the upper portion of the bore and the lower portion of the bore. A connector body lands in the wellhead housing. The connector body has a conical section that interfaces with the central conical portion of the bore. A seal is secured between the central conical portion of the bore of the wellhead housing and the conical section of the connector body at the interface of the wellhead housing and the connector body. A locking element is carried on the connector body. The locking element has an outer side that engages the grooved profile of the wellhead housing.
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