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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 15, 2015
Filed:
Jun. 25, 2012
Applicants:
David James Biddick, Missouri City, TX (US);
David Byrnes, Houston, TX (US);
Inventors:
David James Biddick, Missouri City, TX (US);
David Byrnes, Houston, TX (US);
Assignee:
SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 34/12 (2006.01); E21B 34/10 (2006.01); F16K 1/20 (2006.01); E21B 34/06 (2006.01); E21B 34/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 34/06 (2013.01); F16K 1/20 (2013.01); E21B 2034/005 (2013.01);
Abstract
A device having a hard seat support disposed with a hard seat to reduce or prevent buckling, bursting, and/or permanent deformation of the hard seat that compromises the seal across the hard sealing surface and flapper sealing surface interface. The hard seat support may be positioned along an inner periphery of the hard seat or in direct contact with an outer periphery of the hard seat.