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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 03, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 18, 2013
LB Enterprises, Llc, Anchorage, AK (US);
Lee Morgan Smith, Anchorage, AK (US);
Betty A. Eastup-Smith, Anchorage, AK (US);
ALASKAN ENERGY RESOURCES, INC., Anchorage, AK (US);
Abstract
An end ring having a first ring with an inner diameter, a second ring with the inner diameter and a thickness 25 percent greater than the first ring; a shoulder with a sloped outer surface connecting the first ring to the second ring; a plurality of flutes formed in an outer surface of the end ring, a plurality of fastener holes formed in the first and second rings, wherein the end ring either slides over a first end of a base pipe and fastens together the base pipe and edges of a rubber tubular surrounding the base pipe; or slides over a first end of a frac tubular and fastens edges of a frac sleeve to the frac tubular. The invention includes a swell packer and a frac tubular having the end rings.