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US 12,359,754 B2Granted
Sliding connector spool
AssigneeSRI Energy, Inc.
InventorAlagarsamy Sundararajan
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Abstract
An embodiment includes a spool that may expand and contract to ease removal and addition of components to an oilfield manifold.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- accessing a spool for oilfield manifolds, the spool comprising:
- (1) a first conduit;
- (2) a second conduit including threads;
- (3) a third conduit coupled to the first and second conduits;
- and (4) a fourth conduit, the fourth conduit including threads that engage the threads of the second conduit;
- coupling the first conduit to a first flange via a first ring joint gasket;
- coupling the second conduit to a second flange via a second ring joint gasket;
- wherein rotating the fourth conduit about an axis in a first rotational direction moves the second conduit linearly along the axis in a first linear direction;
- and
- wherein rotating the fourth conduit about the axis in a second rotational direction moves the second conduit linearly along the axis in a second linear direction;
- wherein the first, second, and third conduits collectively form a channel that couples first and second opposing ends of the spool to one another and which includes the axis;
- wherein the first and second rotational directions are opposite of each other and the first and second linear directions are opposite of each other.
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A method comprising:
- accessing a spool for oilfield manifolds, the spool comprising:
- (1) a first conduit;
- (2) a second conduit including threads;
- (3) a third conduit coupled to the first and second conduits;
- and (4) a fourth conduit, the fourth conduit including threads that engage the threads of the second conduit;
- coupling the first conduit to a first flange;
- coupling the second conduit to a second flange;
- wherein rotating the fourth conduit about an axis in a first rotational direction moves the second conduit linearly along the axis in a first linear direction;
- and
- wherein rotating the fourth conduit about the axis in a second rotational direction moves the second conduit linearly along the axis in a second linear direction;
- wherein the first, second, and third conduits collectively form a channel that couples first and second opposing ends of the spool to one another and which includes the axis;
- wherein the first and second rotational directions are opposite of each other and the first and second linear directions are opposite of each other.
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