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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 05, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 31, 2014
Applicant:
Cameron International Corporation, Houston, TX (US);
Inventors:
Michael Christopher Krejci, Houston, TX (US);
Andrew Richard Hanson, Cypress, TX (US);
Jay Painter, Friendswood, TX (US);
Assignee:
Cameron International Corporation, Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 33/04 (2006.01); E21B 33/03 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 33/04 (2013.01); E21B 33/03 (2013.01);
Abstract
Present embodiments include a sealing system configured to be disposed about a first wellhead component, wherein the sealing system includes a first seal and a pre-charging system configured to exert a first initial lateral loading force on the first seal to increase a first initial seal contact pressure of the first seal.