Completion plug and fitting
AssigneeMueller International, LLC
InventorsMohammad Unnus Qasim, Timothy Wayne Stern
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Abstract
A plug can include a body defining a top body end and a bottom body end, the body defining an outer surface extending between the top body end and the bottom body end and a plug recess extending into the body from the outer surface; and a locking mechanism including a locking bar, the locking bar rotationally fixed relative to the body, the locking mechanism reconfigurable between a locked configuration and an unlocked configuration, the locking bar positioned at least partially within the plug recess, at least a portion of the locking bar extending outward from the plug recess in the locked configuration.
Claims8
A plug comprising:
- a body defining a plug axis extending from a top body end to a bottom body end, the body defining an outer surface extending between the top body end and the bottom body end and a plug recess extending into the body from the outer surface;
- and
- a locking mechanism comprising a plurality of locking bars and a driving member coupled to the plurality of locking bars, the plurality of locking bars rotationally fixed relative to the body, the driving member movable parallel to the plug axis, the locking mechanism configured to move the locking bars from an unlocked configuration to a locked configuration, wherein:
- in the unlocked configuration:
- the plurality of locking bars comprises a first locking bar that contacts a second locking bar to form an unbroken circular shape;
- and
- the plurality of locking bars are positioned at least partially within the plug recess and radially inward from the outer surface;
- and
- in the locked configuration:
- a portion of the plurality of locking bars extends radially outward beyond the outer surface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.