发明名称 Pressure energized interference fit seal
摘要 A seal assembly for use between wellbore tubulars employs an inner seal ring partially circumscribed by an outer seal ring. The seal rings are axially slidable with respect to one another and can be made from pliable inelastic materials such as graphite or a fluoropolymer. The seal rings contact one another along profiled surfaces that are angled such that by axially urging the seal rings towards one another produces a bulge in the seal assembly directed radially outwards and inwards. The bulging seal rings come into contact with opposing sides of the wellbore tubulars to define a sealing surface. Axial supports at opposing lateral ends of the seal rings maintain the seal between the tubulars.
申请公布号 US8746352(B2) 申请公布日期 2014.06.10
申请号 US201113107672 申请日期 2011.05.13
申请人 Vetco Gray Inc. 发明人 Shaw Michael
分类号 E21B33/02 主分类号 E21B33/02
代理机构 代理人
主权项 1. A seal assembly for use between wellbore tubulars comprising: an inner seal ring having an inner radial surface and an outer oblique surface profiled oblique to an axis of the tubulars and that intersects the inner radial surface; an outer seal ring having an inner oblique surface profiled oblique to the axis of the tubulars and in sliding contact with the inner seal ring outer oblique surface, so that when the seal assembly is set in an annular space between the tubulars and opposing axial forces are applied to ends of the outer seal ring and inner seal ring, sealing surfaces are formed where an inner radius of the seal assembly contacts an inner tubular and an outer radius of the seal assembly contacts an outer tubular; an anti-extrusion ring assembly on one of the ends of one of the seal rings, the anti-extrusion ring assembly comprising inner and outer members with mating oblique surfaces that slidingly engage each other such that an axial force causes a width of the anti-extrusion ring assembly to expand, the inner and outer members having a lesser axial dimension than an axial dimension of the inner and outer seal rings; and a spring assembly in engagement with an end of the anti-extrusion ring assembly opposite the seal rings for applying an axial force to the anti-extrusion ring assembly.
地址 Houston TX US