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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 05, 2013
Filed:
Jul. 13, 2009
Applicants:
Eric D. Larson, Tomball, TX (US);
John V. Leba, Cypress, TX (US);
Robert A. Blue, Houston, TX (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
Vetco Gray Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16D 1/116 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A connector assembly for connecting two members that allows manual lockdown to prevent accidental disengagement. The connector assembly can be used to connect a tension ring to a housing on a riser by using a lower set of hydraulically actuated dogs. A set of upper hydraulically actuated dogs on the connector assembly can be used to connect the tension ring to a diverter housing mounted on a rig. The connector assembly also has position indicators that ride along with the dogs to indicate whether the dogs are in the engaged or disengaged position.