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US 10,851,913 B2Granted
Systems and methods for a plug head assembly
AssigneeCaldera Engineering, LC
InventorsRyan Weber, Jeffrey Robison, Joseph Prince
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Abstract
A plug head assembly having a ceramic plug head having an annular retention groove, wherein the ceramic plug head has a proximal terminus and a distal terminus, a first clamp portion having a first annular retention protrusion conforming to the annular retention groove, a second clamp portion having a second annular retention protrusion conforming to the annular retention groove, and an annular retention sleeve conforming to the annular retention groove, the annular retention sleeve disposed between the annular retention groove and at least one of the first clamp portion and the second clamp portion.
Claims16
A plug head assembly comprising:
- a ceramic plug head having an annular retention groove disposed on an outer surface of the ceramic plug head, wherein the ceramic plug head has a proximal terminus and a distal terminus;
- a first clamp portion having a first annular retention protrusion disposed on an interior surface of the first clamp portion and conforming to the annular retention groove;
- a second clamp portion having a second annular retention protrusion disposed on an interior surface of the second clamp portion and conforming to the annular retention groove;
- an annular retention sleeve conforming to the annular retention groove, the annular retention sleeve disposed between the annular retention groove and at least one of the first clamp portion and the second clamp portion
- a gasket disposed on a proximal portion of the ceramic plug head;
- a translating shaft having a distal flange, the distal flange in contact with the gasket;
- an annular retention ring circumscribing the distal flange, gasket, and the proximal portion of the ceramic plug head, the annular retention ring configured to contact at least one of the first clamp portion and the second clamp portion;
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- wherein the first clamp portion and the second clamp portion circumscribe the annular retention ring, the annular retention ring in contact with the first annular retention protrusion and the second annular retention protrusion.
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A method of assembling a plug head assembly, comprising:
- disposing an annular retention sleeve in an annular retention groove of a ceramic plug head, the annular retention groove disposed on an outer surface of the ceramic plug head;
- disposing an annular retention ring about a proximal circumference of the ceramic plug head;
- disposing a first annular retention protrusion of a first clamp portion in the annular retention groove, the first annular retention protrusion disposed on an interior surface of the first clamp portion, the first annular retention protrusion contacting the annular retention sleeve;
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- disposing a second annular retention protrusion of a second clamp portion in the annular retention groove, the second annular retention protrusion disposed on an interior surface of the second clamp portion, the second annular retention protrusion contacting the annular retention sleeve, wherein the first clamp portion and the second clamp portion circumscribe the annular retention ring, the annular retention ring in contact with the first annular retention protrusion and the second annular retention protrusion.
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A plug head assembly comprising:
- a ceramic plug head having an annular retention groove disposed on an outer surface of the ceramic plug head, wherein the ceramic plug head has a proximal terminus and a distal terminus;
- a first clamp portion having a first annular retention protrusion disposed on an interior surface of the first clamp portion and conforming to the annular retention groove;
- a second clamp portion having a second annular retention protrusion disposed on an interior surface of the second clamp portion and conforming to the annular retention groove;
- an annular retention sleeve conforming to the annular retention groove, the annular retention sleeve disposed between the annular retention groove and at least one of the first clamp portion and the second clamp portion;
- a gasket disposed on a proximal portion of the ceramic plug head;
- a translating shaft having a distal flange, the distal flange in contact with the gasket;
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- an annular retention ring circumscribing the distal flange, gasket, and the proximal portion of the ceramic plug head, the annular retention ring configured to contact at least one of the first clamp portion and the second clamp portion,
- wherein the annular retention ring has an inner diameter surface and an outer diameter surface, wherein at least a portion of the inner diameter surface is in contact with the distal flange, the gasket, and the ceramic plug head and wherein at least a portion of the outer diameter surface is in contact with the first clamp portion and the second clamp portion.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.