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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 15, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 17, 2012
Steven S. Black, Houston, TX (US);
Steven S. Black, Houston, TX (US);
Baker Hughes Incorporated, Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A lock assembly including a plurality of dogs, each dog being circumferentially adjacent to at least one other dog in the plurality and each dog including a load bearing surface. An extender body is operatively arranged to transition the plurality of dogs between a retracted configuration and an extended configuration. The load bearing surface of each dog is operatively arranged in the extended configuration for engaging against a shoulder of a radially adjacent structure for supporting the lock assembly. The load bearing surfaces of the dogs together form a substantially circumferentially continuous shape when arranged in one of the retracted or extended configurations. And method of locking radially adjacent components.