IP Library Patent Application 17823405
Patent Application
App. No. 17/823,405

ELECTRICAL SUBMERSIBLE PUMPING SYSTEM (ESP) MOTOR OIL SLINGER

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App. No.
17/823,405
Abstract

An oil slinger apparatus includes a metal disc having a center annulus and an outer annulus disposed on a motor. The center annulus comprises a space between an inner diameter and an outer diameter with at least one feed hole in the space. The oil slinger apparatus includes an impeller imprint on the outer annulus with a vane around each of the at least one feed hole; and a keyway disposed on the metal disc configured to fit a key for aligning the oil slinger to the motor.

Claims (28)

1 . An oil slinger apparatus comprising:

a metal disc having a center annulus and an outer annulus disposed on a motor,

wherein the center annulus comprises a space between an inner diameter and an outer diameter with at least one feed hole in the space;

an impeller imprint on the outer annulus with a vane around each of the at least one feed hole; and

a keyway disposed on the metal disc configured to fit a key for aligning the oil slinger to the motor.

2 . The oil slinger apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising:

an annular groove in the outer annulus of the metal disc.

3 . The oil slinger apparatus of claim 1 wherein the metal disc is 3D printed.

4 . The oil slinger apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the motor is an Electrical Submersible Pump motor.

5 . The oil slinger apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the vane around each of the at least one feed hole is equally spaced.

6 . The oil slinger apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the center annulus aligns with a shaft on the motor.

7 . A method for lubrication and cooling, the method comprising:

designing an oil slinger to fit in a motor;

3D printing the oil slinger with at least one feed hole and a vane for each of the at least one feed hole;

aligning the oil slinger with a shaft in the motor, via a keyway;

installing the oil slinger;

running the motor on a pump;

flowing oil from the shaft into the oil slinger;

deflecting and slinging oil, via the oil slinger, in any direction via the vane to an end of a rotor assembly;

lubricating a plurality of bearings and cooling a plurality of rotors in the rotor assembly; and

flowing oil back into the motor and the shaft.

8 . The method of claim 7 further comprising:

designing the oil slinger to fit a new motor, and

retrofitting the oil slinger to the motor during refurbishment.

9 . The method of claim 7 , wherein the motor is an Electrical Submersible Pump motor.

10 . The method of claim 7 , wherein the vane for each of the at least one feed hole is equally spaced.

11 . The method of claim 7 , wherein the at least one feed hole fits into the shaft.

12 . The method of claim 7 , wherein the vane for each of the at least one feed hole is around an annular groove.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 25, 2023
From: ARAMCO OVERSEAS COMPANY UK LTD
To: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY
Reel/Frame 065336/0505 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 31, 2023
From: WRIGHTON, CHRISTOPHER
To: ARAMCO OVERSEAS COMPANY UK LTD
Reel/Frame 063805/0746 →