Systems and methods for a plug head assembly
AssigneeCaldera Engineering, LC
InventorsRyan Weber, Jeffrey Robison, Joseph Prince
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Abstract
A plug head assembly having a ceramic plug head having an annular retention groove, wherein the ceramic plug head has a proximal terminus and a distal terminus, a first clamp portion having a first annular retention protrusion conforming to the annular retention groove, a second clamp portion having a second annular retention protrusion conforming to the annular retention groove, and an annular retention sleeve conforming to the annular retention groove, the annular retention sleeve disposed between the annular retention groove and at least one of the first clamp portion and the second clamp portion.
Claims20
A plug head assembly comprising:
- a ceramic plug head having an annular retention groove, wherein the ceramic plug head has a proximal terminus and a distal terminus;
- a first clamp portion having a first annular retention protrusion conforming to the annular retention groove;
- a second clamp portion having a second annular retention protrusion conforming to the annular retention groove;
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- an annular retention sleeve conforming to the annular retention groove, the annular retention sleeve disposed between the annular retention groove and at least one of the first clamp portion and the second clamp portion.
A method of assembling a plug head assembly, comprising:
- disposing an annular retention sleeve in an annular retention groove of a ceramic plug head;
- disposing an annular retention ring about a proximal circumference of the ceramic plug head;
- disposing a first annular retention protrusion of a first clamp portion in the annular retention groove;
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- disposing a second annular retention protrusion of a second clamp portion in the annular retention groove.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.