# US 12,000,224 B2 · Tubing hanger for wellsite > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,000,224 B2 - Document ID: US12000224B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/476,922 - Filed: 2021-09-16 - Published: 2022-03-17 - Granted: 2024-06-04 - Earliest claimed: 2020-09-17 - Assignees: Sonic Connectors Ltd. - Applicants: Sonic Connectors Ltd. - Inventors: Brody Whitley; Matt Duckworth - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12000224B2 ## CPC - E21B 23/00: Apparatus for displacing, setting, locking, releasing or removing tools, packers or the like in boreholes or wells (setting of casings, screens or liners E21B43/10) - E21B 33/04: Casing heads; Suspending casings or tubings in well heads - E21B 17/042: Threaded - E21B: EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS ## Abstract A tubing hanger is provided that includes a cylindrical body having a bore defined therethrough. Also, a connection member integrally is formed with the cylindrical body. The connection member includes threads for mating with a rotating flange of a production tree. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A tubing hanger, comprising: a cylindrical body having a bore defined therethrough; and a plurality of ports formed on the cylindrical body, wherein at least one of the plurality of ports comprises a shaped recessed configuration relative to the cylindrical body; wherein the shaped recessed configuration is such that it has: an irregular four edged flat bottom with the port located within, wherein the bottom has three straight edges and an arc for the fourth; three flat sides each being quadrilateral-shaped, each normal to the bottom and connected along the three straight edges; and two open sides; wherein two of the flat sides are parallel to each other and are normal and adjacent to the third flat side; and a connection member integrally formed with the cylindrical body, the connection member including external threads for mating with a rotating flange of a production tree. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The tubing hanger of claim 1, wherein the cylindrical body comprises a plurality of grooves at one end for accommodating at least one O-ring for sealing against an inner diameter of a tubing head. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The tubing hanger of claim 1, wherein the ports are configured to accommodate a chemical treatment line, an electrical feed line and a bottom hole pressure gauge line, respectively. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The tubing hanger of claim 1, wherein the bore comprises an initial diameter at the distal end of the cylindrical body, which then decreases until it reaches a second diameter configured to be substantially constant through the cylindrical body. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The tubing hanger of claim 4, wherein the bore passes through the connection member and gradually increases in diameter to a proximal end of the tubing hanger. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The tubing hanger of claim 1, wherein the ports are substantially constant in diameter through the cylindrical body. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The tubing hanger of claim 1, wherein the ports are configured to be angled outward from the cylindrically body at a proximal end of the cylindrical body. ### Claim 8 A method for implementing a tubing hanger, comprising: providing a cylindrical body having a bore defined therethrough; providing a plurality of ports formed on the cylindrical body, wherein at least one of the plurality of ports comprises a shaped recessed configuration relative to the cylindrical body; wherein the shaped recessed configuration is such that it has: an irregular four edged flat bottom with the port located within, wherein the bottom has three straight edges and an arc for the fourth; three flat sides each being quadrilateral-shaped, each normal to the bottom and connected along the three straight edges; and two open sides; wherein two of the flat sides are parallel to each other and are normal and adjacent to the third flat side; and integrally forming a connection member with the cylindrical body, the connection member including threads for mating with a rotating flange of a production tree. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The method of claim 8, wherein providing the cylindrical body comprises forming a plurality of grooves at one end for accommodating at least one O-ring for sealing against an inner diameter of a tubing head. ### Claim 10 (depends on 8) The method of claim 8 further comprising forming a plurality of ports on the cylindrical body. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The method of claim 10, wherein the ports are configured to accommodate a chemical treatment line, an electrical feed line and a bottom hole pressure gauge line, respectively. ### Claim 12 (depends on 10) The method of claim 10, wherein providing the cylindrical body comprises constructing the bore to have an initial diameter at the distal end of the cylindrical body, which then decreases until it reaches a second diameter configured to be substantially constant through the cylindrical body. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The method of claim 12, wherein the bore passes through the connection member and gradually increases in diameter to a proximal end of the tubing hanger. ### Claim 14 (depends on 10) The method of claim 10, wherein forming the ports comprises constructing the ports to be substantially constant in diameter through the cylindrical body. ### Claim 15 (depends on 10) The method of claim 10, wherein forming the ports comprises positioning the ports to be angled outward from the cylindrically body at a proximal end of the cylindrical body. ### Claim 16 A tubing hanger, comprising: a cylindrical body having a bore defined therethrough; at least one port arranged circumferentially along one portion of the cylindrical body such that the at least one port does not extend around the bore, wherein the at least one port comprises a shaped recessed configuration relative to the cylindrical body; wherein the shaped recessed configuration is such that it has: an irregular four edged flat bottom with the port located within, wherein the bottom has three straight edges and an arc for the fourth; three flat sides each being quadrilateral-shaped, each normal to the bottom and connected along the three straight edges; and two open sides; wherein two of the flat sides are parallel to each other and are normal and adjacent to the third flat side; and a connection member integrally formed with the cylindrical body, wherein the connection member is directly mated to a rotating flange of a production tree. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The tubing hanger of claim 16, wherein the bore is offset from a center of the cylindrical body. ### Claim 18 (depends on 16) The tubing hanger of claim 16, wherein the at least one port is threaded to accommodate connection to a chemical treatment line, an electrical feed line, or a bottom hole pressure gauge line.