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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 20, 2018
Filed:
Apr. 27, 2016
Emerson Process Management Regulator Technologies, Inc., McKinney, TX (US);
Ernesto Vasquez, McKinney, TX (US);
James Lyman Griffin, Jr., McKinney, TX (US);
Andrew Jared Lukensmeyer, McKinney, TX (US);
Tony Alan Durant, McKinney, TX (US);
Kunrong Matthews, Carrollton, TX (US);
EMERSON PROCESS MANAGEMENT REGULATOR TECHNOLOGIES, INC., McKinney, TX (US);
Abstract
Apparatus to interface with a corrugated profile are disclosed. An example apparatus for use with a fluid regulator includes an elastomeric ring having a corrugated profile that corresponds to a corrugated profile of a diaphragm of the fluid regulator. The elastomeric ring is to be positioned between a valve body and a bonnet of the fluid regulator to clamp the diaphragm between the valve body and the bonnet. The example apparatus includes a metallic ring positioned between the valve body and the bonnet to contact the elastomeric ring to support the elastomeric ring.