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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 29, 2008
Filed:
Mar. 02, 2007
Applicant:
Michael J. Loughlin, Houston, TX (US);
Inventor:
Michael J. Loughlin, Houston, TX (US);
Assignee:
Baker Hughes Incorporated, Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 33/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A settable and unsettable seal arrangement includes a metal-to-metal seal element; a setting/releasing sleeve in operable communication with the seal element; a retraction ring fixedly attached to the setting/releasing sleeve; a load preservation and unsetting sleeve fixedly attached to the seal element; and a resilient member operably disposed between the setting/releasing sleeve and the load preservation and unsetting sleeve and method for setting and unsetting.