Undersea hydraulic coupling with multiple pressure-energized metal seals
AssigneeNational Coupling Company, Inc.
InventorsRobert E. Smith, III, Scott Stolle, Chris Roy
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AssigneeNational Coupling Company, Inc.
InventorsRobert E. Smith, III, Scott Stolle, Chris Roy
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A female undersea hydraulic coupling member is equipped with a plurality of pressure-energized metal seals configured to seal between the body of the female member and the probe of a corresponding male hydraulic coupling member in response to ambient hydrostatic pressure and/or hydraulic fluid pressure. Pressure-energized metal seals may also be provided to seal between the body of the female coupling member and a removable seal retainer or seal cartridge. In one particular preferred embodiment, the pressure-energized seals are back-to-back metal C-seals separated by annular seal supports having a generally T-shaped cross section and retained on one or more shoulders in the body of the female member by a removable seal cartridge.
A female member for coupling with a probe of a corresponding male member to communicate fluid having fluid pressure, the probe having an external surface, the female member comprising:
A coupling, comprising:
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