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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 27, 2011
Filed:
Aug. 27, 2009
Applicants:
Nicholas S. Conner, Cypress, TX (US);
Frank J. Maenza, Houston, TX (US);
Inventors:
Nicholas S. Conner, Cypress, TX (US);
Frank J. Maenza, Houston, TX (US);
Assignee:
Baker Hughes Incorporated, Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 33/128 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A gage ring assembly to provide support to an anti-extrusion containment ring in a packer device including a compression ring and a plurality of interlocking arcuate segments which form a substantially unbroken support wall when in a set condition. A first set of segments each have a wedge-shaped body that is wider at a proximal axial end than it is at its distal axial end. A second set of segments preferably each have a wedge-shaped body wider at its distal axial end than it is at its proximal axial end.