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US 12,680,398 B1Granted
Subsystem with a locking ring for coupling components in a wellbore
AssigneeHalliburton Energy Services, Inc.
InventorsDavid McManus, Ankit Kansagra, Daniel Steven McWherter
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Abstract
A system can include a subsystem with a first component having a set of tabs and a second component having a set of slots. The set of tabs can extend to a diameter larger than that of a first connector of the first component. The set of slots can extend to a diameter larger than that of a second connector of the second component. The set of tabs can be positioned through the set of slots and can be rotated to axially align the set of tabs with another set of tabs of the second component. The subsystem can include a locking ring that can be positioned around the first connector and can be inserted into the set of slots to prevent rotation and disengagement of the tabs.
Claims20
A system comprising:
- a first component of a subsystem positionable in a wellbore, the first component comprising:
- a first connector having a first outer diameter;
- a first set of tabs that extend in a first direction to a second outer diameter that is larger than the first outer diameter, the first set of tabs comprising at least one tab, and each tab of the first set of tabs extending, in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction, along the second outer diameter from a first point to a second point;
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- a first set of slots arranged along a circumference of the first outer diameter, the first set of slots comprising at least one slot;
- a second component of the subsystem, the second component comprising:
- a second connector couplable with the first connector, the second connector having a first inner diameter;
- a second set of tabs that extend, in a third direction opposite the first direction, to a second inner diameter that is smaller than the first inner diameter, the second set of tabs comprising at least one tab, and each tab of the second set of tabs extending, in the second direction that is orthogonal to the third direction, along the second inner diameter from a third point to a fourth point;
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- a second set of slots arranged along a circumference of the first inner diameter, the second set of slots comprising at least one slot, wherein the first component is insertable into the second component by aligning the first set of tabs with the second set of slots, wherein the first component is rotatable with respect to the second component to axially align the first set of tabs with the second set of tabs and to align the first set of slots and the second set of slots, and wherein, when the first set of tabs is aligned with the second set of tabs, a first tab from the first set of tabs is aligned with a second tab of the second set of tabs along a line that extends from the first point to the fourth point;
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- a locking ring positionable around the first connector and insertable into the first set of slots and the second set of slots to rotationally couple the first component and the second component to prevent relative rotational movement between the first component and the second component, the locking ring comprising a key slidably insertable into the first set of slots and the second set of slots to extend from the first point to the fourth point.
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A system comprising:
- a first component of a subsystem positionable in a wellbore, the first component comprising a first set of tabs that extend in a first direction to a first outer diameter that is larger than a second outer diameter of a first connection surface of the first component, and each tab of the first set of tabs extending, in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction, along the second outer diameter from a first point to a second point;
- a second component of the subsystem, the second component comprising a second set of tabs that extend, in a third direction opposite the first direction, to a first inner diameter that is smaller than a second inner diameter of a second connection surface of the second component, the first set of tabs arranged to be positioned through slots formed by the second set of tabs and to be rotated to position the first set of tabs axially aligned with the second set of tabs to prevent relative rotation between the first component into the second component, and each tab of the second set of tabs extending, in the second direction that is orthogonal to the third direction, along the second inner diameter from a third point to a fourth point;
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- a locking ring positionable around the first connection surface and insertable into the slots to couple the first component and the second component, the locking ring comprising a collar positionable around the first connection surface and a set of keys extending from the collar, and the locking ring comprising a key of the set of keys slidably insertable around the first set of tabs and the second set of tabs to extend from the first point to the fourth point.
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A method comprising:
- positioning a first component in a second component by positioning a first set of tabs through a set of slots formed by a second set of tabs and rotating the first component relative to the second component to cause the first set of tabs to be axially aligned with the second set of tabs, wherein:
- the first component comprises the first set of tabs that extend in a first direction to a first outer diameter that is larger than a second outer diameter of a first connection surface of the first component, and each tab of the first set of tabs extending, in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction, along the second outer diameter from a first point to a second point;
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- the second component comprises the second set of tabs that extend, in a third direction opposite the first direction, to a first inner diameter that is smaller than a second inner diameter of a second connection surface of the second component, each tab of the second set of tabs extending, in the second direction that is orthogonal to the third direction, along the second inner diameter from a third point to a fourth point;
- positioning a locking ring around the first connection surface and in the set of slots to prevent relative rotation between the first component and the second component, the locking ring comprising a key slidably insertable around the first set of tabs and the second set of tabs to extend from the first point to the fourth point;
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- positioning a subsystem comprising the first component, the second component, and the locking ring in a wellbore to perform one or more wellbore operations using the subsystem.
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