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US 2010/0148446 A1Published application
Seal assembly and method for making and using the same
AssigneeBaker Hughes Incorporated
InventorsSEAN GAUDETTE, BENNETT RICHARD, Gerald Lynde, Clint Mickey
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Abstract
A seal assembly including a seal body; an augmentation configuration partially radially displaced from the seal body; a filler material at least partially disposed between the seal body and the augmentation configuration and method.
Claims17
A seal assembly comprising:
- a seal body;
- an augmentation configuration partially radially displaced from the seal body;
- a filler material at least partially disposed between the seal body and the augmentation configuration.
A method for sealing an annular space comprising:
- running a seal assembly to depth having:
- a seal body;
- an augmentation configuration partially radially displaced from the seal body;
- a filler material at least partially disposed between the seal body and the augmentation configuration;
- deploying the assembly;
- rupturing the augmentation configuration.
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