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US 12,270,491 · App. 17/474,206 · Granted Apr 8, 2025

Sealing high pressure flow devices

Inventors: Mark S. Nowell (Ardmore, OK); Kelcy Jake Foster (Ardmore, OK); Michael Eugene May (Ardmore, OK); Brandon Scott Ayres (Ardmore, OK); Christopher Todd Barnett (Stratford, OK); Micheal Cole Thomas (Ardmore, OK); Guy J. Lapointe (Sulphur, OK)
Assignee: Kerr Machine Co.
F16K5/184F04B53/164F04B53/22F15B7/06F15B21/00F16J15/062F16K5/0271F16K5/0464F16K5/0471F16K5/0485F16K5/0492F16K5/161F16K5/181
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Patent No.
US 12,270,491
App. No.
17/474,206
Granted
Apr 8, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Apparatus and method contemplating a high pressure fluid end assembly having a body defining a body bore and defining a recess in the body intersecting the body bore. A closure is joined to the body and forms a sealing surface. A seal is mounted to the body in the recess and configured to extend from the recess beyond the body bore to seal against the sealing surface formed by the closure.

Claims (25)

1. An apparatus, comprising:

a fluid end housing in which a plurality of bores, including a plunger bore and a suction bore, are formed, wherein the plunger bore has a first segment and a second segment, wherein the first segment has a groove and is located closer to the suction bore than the second segment, and wherein the second segment has a greater diameter than the first segment;

a sleeve installed within the plunger bore, wherein the sleeve includes:

a first sleeve portion installed within the first segment of the plunger bore; and

a second sleeve portion installed within the second segment of the plunger bore, wherein the second sleeve portion has greater inner and outer diameters than the first sleeve portion;

a retainer attached to the fluid end housing and engaged with the sleeve to secure the sleeve within the plunger bore;

stuffing box packing located within the second sleeve portion; and

a seal positioned in the groove and engaging the first sleeve portion.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the inner and outer diameters of the first sleeve portion are constant; and wherein the inner and outer diameters of the second sleeve portion are constant.

3. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the retainer includes a first threaded surface that couples to a corresponding second threaded surface around the second segment of the plunger bore.

4. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein a first portion of the retainer is disposed within the second segment of the plunger bore and a second portion of the retainer is disposed outside of the fluid end housing.

5. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the retainer, sleeve, and housing are separate components.

6. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the sleeve extends from a front surface to a rear surface, wherein the first sleeve portion is adjacent the front surface, and wherein the second sleeve portion is adjacent the rear surface.

7. The apparatus of claim 1 ,

wherein the sleeve includes a third sleeve portion that includes at least one groove around an exterior of the third sleeve portion;

wherein the third sleeve portion is installed within the second segment of the plunger bore such that the second sleeve portion is closer to the first sleeve portion; and

wherein the stuffing box packing is located within the second and third sleeve portion.

8. The apparatus of claim 7 ,

wherein the sleeve includes a fourth sleeve portion between the first and second sleeve portions, wherein the fourth sleeve portion is in contact with the fluid end housing and is shaped to:

transition, at a first transition surface on an interior of the sleeve, from the greater inner diameter of the second sleeve portion to an inner diameter of the first sleeve portion; and

transition, at a second transition surface on an exterior of the sleeve, from the greater outer diameter of the second sleeve portion to an outer diameter of the first sleeve portion.

9. The apparatus of claim 1 ,

wherein the retainer is removable from the apparatus without removing the stuffing box packing; and

wherein the stuffing box packing is removable from an interior of the second sleeve portion without removing the sleeve from the plunger bore.

10. The apparatus of claim 1 , a maximum diameter of the sleeve is greater than a maximum diameter of the groove.

Continuity (8)
Continuation 17126417 · Dec 18, 2020
Continuation 15719124 · Sep 28, 2017
Continuation In Part 15280642 · Sep 29, 2016
Provisional Application 62346915 · Jun 7, 2016
Provisional Application 62318542 · Apr 5, 2016
Provisional Application 62315343 · Mar 30, 2016
Provisional Application 62234483 · Sep 29, 2015
Related Publication 20210404561A1 · Dec 30, 2021
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