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US 2015/0145217 A1Published application
Seal arrangement and method of sealing
AssigneeBaker Hughes Incorporated
InventorsLei Zhao, Zhiyue Xu
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Abstract
A seal arrangement includes a body having at least two walls defining a cavity, the walls are engagable with at least one structure through expansion of the body, and graphite is sealingly engaged with the body and the structure and resiliently compressively maintained within the cavity by the at least one structure.
Claims24
A seal arrangement comprising:
- a body having at least two walls defining a cavity, the walls being engagable with at least one structure through expansion of the body;
- and
- graphite being sealingly engaged with the body and the structure and resiliently compressively maintained within the cavity by the at least one structure.
A method of sealing, comprising:
- positioning graphite within a cavity defined by walls of a body;
- expanding the body;
- engaging at least one structure with the walls;
- expanding the graphite;
- compressing the graphite against the at least one structure;
- and
- sealing the graphite to the at least one structure and the body.
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