公开(公告)号：US07599469B2

公开(公告)日：2009-10-06

申请号：US11414037

申请日：2006-04-28

申请人： Clint A. Davis ,  David H. Theiss ,  William M. Taylor ,  Gerald S. Baker ,  Larry E. McDonald

发明人： Clint A. Davis ,  David H. Theiss ,  William M. Taylor ,  Gerald S. Baker ,  Larry E. McDonald

IPC分类号： G01N23/083 ,  G01V5/08

CPC分类号： E21B47/06 ,  E21B33/062 ,  E21B47/065 ,  G01F23/64 ,  G01F23/68 ,  G01L9/0033 ,  G01L11/00

摘要： In accordance with one exemplary embodiment, the present invention provides a sensor system for detecting a change in condition. The system includes a radioactive source. This system also includes at least one radiation detector configured to detect radiation from the radioactive source. Furthermore, the system includes a displacement assembly configured to physically displace in response to the change in condition and configured to change the radiation levels detected by the radiation detector in response to such displacement. Advantageously, this system facilitates non-intrusive communication of information across a physical barrier, via the measurement of changing radiation levels that change in response to a change in condition, for example.

摘要翻译： 根据一个示例性实施例，本发明提供一种用于检测状况变化的传感器系统。 该系统包括放射源。 该系统还包括被配置为检测来自放射源的辐射的至少一个辐射检测器。 此外，该系统包括位移组件，其被配置为响应于条件的变化而物理地移位，并且被配置为响应于这种位移而改变由辐射检测器检测到的辐射水平。 有利地，该系统通过例如通过测量响应于条件变化而变化的辐射水平的测量，促进跨物理屏障的信息的非侵入式通信。

公开(公告)号：US5129660A

公开(公告)日：1992-07-14

申请号：US660638

申请日：1991-02-25

申请人： William M. Taylor ,  James A. Burton

发明人： William M. Taylor ,  James A. Burton

IPC分类号： E21B33/043 ,  E21B33/00 ,  E21B33/03 ,  E21B33/04

CPC分类号： E21B33/03 ,  E21B33/04 ,  E21B2033/005

摘要： The present invention relates to an improved seal assembly for sealing between the interior sealing surface of a well housing and the exterior sealing surface of a hanger landed within the well housing and includes a seal body having a pair of outer lips diverging outwardly for sealing against the housing interior sealing surface and an interior series of annular ridges which have a diameter smaller than the outer diameter of the hanger exterior sealing surface, an upper energizer and a lower energizer for coacting with said lips to move the lips into sealing position and to store the energy of setting to ensure sealing engagement of the lips. The shape of the sealing lips is such that they each provide a sealing surface and a ridge having a greater outer diameter than the sealing surface so that when the seal assembly is being run into the housing any scratches resulting from the engagement of the seal with the interior of the housing is on the ridges and not on the sealing surfaces. Additionally, the exterior of the outwardly diverging lips is provided with a coating of a scratch healing material, such as silver plate, so that scratches on the sealing surface can be healed when the sealing surface is wedged into sealing engagement with the interior wall of the housing.

公开(公告)号：US4913464A

公开(公告)日：1990-04-03

申请号：US182204

申请日：1988-04-15

申请人： William M. Taylor ,  William Hopson

发明人： William M. Taylor ,  William Hopson

IPC分类号： E21B17/04 ,  B23P6/00 ,  E21B33/038 ,  F16L23/16 ,  F16L55/18

CPC分类号： B23P6/00 ,  E21B33/038 ,  F16L23/16 ,  F16L23/167 ,  F16L23/20 ,  Y10T29/49719

摘要： An improved tubular joint between two tubular members having their mating ends with inner sealing surfaces tapering outward in the direction toward the other tubular member and with a sealing ring having outer sealing surfaces for engaging the inner sealing surfaces of the tubular members. The improvement lies in the provision of an insert sleeve having a tapered portion and a tubular portion, the insert sleeve is cold forged in place over a damaged sealing surface of one of the tubular members and has a tapered inner sealing surface for sealing with the outer surface of the sealing ring. This improved joint is particularly useful in subsea wellheads. The tight gripping and sealing engagement of the insert sleeve within the tubular member is augmented by grooves within a recess on the interior of the tubular member being repaired or sharp annular teeth around the exterior of the tubular portion of the insert sleeve. In a modified form of the invention, the insert sleeve includes external sharp teeth which when cold forged into a housing recess will dig into the recess surface to provide the tight gripping and sealing engagement. Further a test port is provided to determine the effectiveness of the sealing engagement of the insert sleeve within the housing.

公开(公告)号：US4862426A

公开(公告)日：1989-08-29

申请号：US130244

申请日：1987-12-08

申请人： Thomas G. Cassity ,  William C. Montgomery ,  Gerald S. Baker ,  Alfred W. Wedel ,  William M. Taylor

发明人： Thomas G. Cassity ,  William C. Montgomery ,  Gerald S. Baker ,  Alfred W. Wedel ,  William M. Taylor

IPC分类号： E21B44/00 ,  E21B33/035 ,  E21B33/043 ,  E21B47/09 ,  E21B47/18

CPC分类号： E21B33/043 ,  E21B33/0355 ,  E21B47/09 ,  E21B47/18

摘要： An improved method and apparatus for operating or setting equipment within a subsea marine wellhead from the surface having an indicating signal provided at the surface of the successful completion of such operation. The steps of the method include the lowering of a well component and the detecting and transmitting equipment on a running string from the surface; detecting the successful completion of the subsea operation, and transmitting to the surface of a signal signifying that the operations within the subsea well head have been successfully completed. The apparatus includes the running string, the detecting means which may be an acoustic detector or a ferrous metal detector or other suitable detector, a signal transmitter, means for supporting the detector and transmitter on the running string so that the well component can be properly lowered and positioned within the subsea wellhead and its proper landing, sealing or latching or other desired condition signalled to the surface to provide an indication that the operation has been completed.

公开(公告)号：US4749047A

公开(公告)日：1988-06-07

申请号：US44581

申请日：1987-04-30

申请人： William M. Taylor

发明人： William M. Taylor

IPC分类号： E21B33/035 ,  E21B33/00 ,  E21B33/04 ,  F16J15/08 ,  E21B33/03

CPC分类号： E21B33/04 ,  F16J15/0881 ,  E21B2033/005

摘要： An improved wellhead structure including a wellhead housing having a sealing surface with grooves therein and pressure compensating material in the grooves, a sealing sleeve having inner and outer resilient seal rings and an internal actuating groove with upper and lower shoulders, an actuating ring having an outer flange engaged within the internal groove in the sleeve and an external surface tapering downward and inwardly and a hanger with an upstanding rim having external grooves with pressure compensating material in the grooves and having an inner surface which tapers upwardly and outwardly and is engaged by the external tapered surface of the actuating ring and upper and lower external seals and a port extending from the interior of the actuating ring to its exterior into the area between such seals so that pressure applied through the port forges the hanger rim and the sealing sleeve outward to ensure positive metal-to-metal sealing across the annulus between the exterior of the hanger rim and the interior of the wellhead housing.

公开(公告)号：US3986729A

公开(公告)日：1976-10-19

申请号：US603326

申请日：1975-08-11

申请人： William M. Taylor

发明人： William M. Taylor

IPC分类号： E21B33/038 ,  F16L37/00 ,  F16L35/00

CPC分类号： F16L37/002 ,  E21B33/038

摘要： There are disclosed two embodiments of an apparatus for releasably connecting with one end of a member at an underwater location, wherein the member has a seating surface which faces toward its one end and a conical locking shoulder which faces away from its one end. The apparatus comprises a body having a seating surface engageable with the seating surface on the member, and a circumferentially discontinuous locking ring carried by the body and having a conical locking surface which is circumferentially expandible and contractible to permit it to be moved past a portion of the member into a position radially opposite the locking shoulder, as the seating surfaces are so engaged, and remotely operable means which is mounted on the body for movement in one direction to force the locking ring to locking position with respect to the locking shoulder and in the opposite direction to permit the locking ring to return to unlocking position with respect to the shoulder. In one embodiment, a normally expanded locking ring is carried by the body for contraction into locking engagement with an external shoulder about the outer side of a member, and, in another embodiment, a normally contracted locking ring is carried by the body for expansion into locking engagement with respect to a shoulder in the bore of a member.

公开(公告)号：US07121346B2

公开(公告)日：2006-10-17

申请号：US10715642

申请日：2003-11-18

申请人： Danny K. Wolff ,  John C. Vicic ,  William M. Taylor ,  Mark L. Carter

发明人： Danny K. Wolff ,  John C. Vicic ,  William M. Taylor ,  Mark L. Carter

IPC分类号： E21B33/35

CPC分类号： E21B33/035

摘要： A wellhead assembly for use on a well with a blowout preventer stack having a bore therethrough that utilizes an intervention spool sealingly secured between a horizontal tree and the blowout preventer stack to allow the use of a removable valve package positioned in the intervention spool with valve actuators mounted on the exterior of the intervention spool is disclosed.

摘要翻译： 一种井口组件，用于具有防漏器堆叠的井，井口具有穿过其中的孔，其利用密封地固定在水平树和防喷器堆叠之间的介入阀芯，以允许使用定位在介入阀芯中的可拆卸阀组件与阀致动器 安装在干涉线轴的外部。

公开(公告)号：US06267419B1

公开(公告)日：2001-07-31

申请号：US09175127

申请日：1998-10-19

申请人： Gerald S. Baker ,  William M. Taylor

发明人： Gerald S. Baker ,  William M. Taylor

IPC分类号： F16L1700

CPC分类号： E21B33/038 ,  F16B7/0426 ,  F16L37/002 ,  Y10S285/92

摘要： A clamping connector that can be remotely actuated and locked which is particularly useful in subsea applications for attaching subsea Christmas trees to marine wellheads. The clamping connector includes clamp halves linked by a locking stem. The locking stem is forced into a pre-stressed state by moving the locking stem from a first relaxed to a second pre-stressed position and retained in the second pre-stressed position by a locking collet. A locking collet through which the locking stem extends is moved from a first unlocked position to a second locked position wedged between the locking stem and one or the other of the clamp halves. When the locking collet is in the second locked position, it resists movement of the locking stem from the second pre-stressed position to the first relaxed position. The locking collet is then locked in the second locked position. The clamping connector of the present invention is characterized by a minimal height which is particularly advantageous over prior clamping connectors.

摘要翻译： 可以远程启动和锁定的夹紧连接器，这在海底应用中特别适用于将海底圣诞树连接到海洋井口。 夹紧连接器包括由锁定杆连接的夹具半部。 通过将锁定杆从第一松弛位置移动到第二预应力位置并将锁定杆通过锁定夹头保持在第二预应力位置而被迫进入预应力状态。 锁定杆延伸穿过的锁定夹头从第一解锁位置移动到楔入锁定杆和夹具半部中的一个或另一个的第二锁定位置。 当锁定夹头处于第二锁定位置时，其阻止锁定杆从第二预应力位置移动到第一松弛位置。 锁定夹头然后锁定在第二个锁定位置。 本发明的夹紧连接器的特征在于最小的高度，其优于现有的夹紧连接器。

公开(公告)号：US4720124A

公开(公告)日：1988-01-19

申请号：US761692

申请日：1985-08-02

申请人： William M. Taylor ,  Thomas R. Schmitz

发明人： William M. Taylor ,  Thomas R. Schmitz

IPC分类号： E21B43/01 ,  F16L1/12 ,  F16L17/10 ,  F16L27/12 ,  F16L27/06

CPC分类号： E21B43/0107 ,  F16L17/10 ,  F16L27/12

摘要： A subsea telescoping joint having an outer tubular member, and an inner tubular member, an internal serrated locking and metal-to-metal sealing surface within said outer tubular member, an external serrated locking and metal-to-metal sealing surface on the exterior of said inner tubular member, means sealing between the tubular members to provide a pair of fluid chambers between the members, means for supplying pressure fluid to said chambers, the locking and sealing surfaces having a slight interference fit which allows relative movement of the members with the presence of fluid pressure in said chambers and on relieving of such fluid pressure from said chambers the surfaces move into locking and metal-to-metal sealing engagement with each other. In one form of the invention the sealing means are at the same diameter so that there is no pressure force developed tending to extend or retract the joint and in another form the sealing means are at different diameters so that a force is developed responsive to the fluid pressure tending to extend the telescoping joint.

摘要翻译： 具有外部管状构件和内部管状构件的海底伸缩接头，在所述外部管状构件内的内部锯齿状锁定和金属对金属密封表面，外部锯齿状锁定和金属对金属密封表面 所述内部管状构件是指在所述管状构件之间密封以在所述构件之间提供一对流体室，用于将压力流体供应到所述室的装置，所述锁定和密封表面具有轻微的过盈配合，其允许所述构件与所述内部管状构件相对运动 在所述腔室中存在流体压力，并且从所述腔室释放这种流体压力时，表面移动到锁定和金属 - 金属彼此密封接合。 在本发明的一种形式中，密封装置具有相同的直径，使得没有压力产生趋向于延伸或缩回接头，并且在另一形式中，密封装置具有不同的直径，使得响应于流体产生力 倾向于延伸伸缩接头的压力。

公开(公告)号：US4579314A

公开(公告)日：1986-04-01

申请号：US696086

申请日：1985-01-29

申请人： Gary R. Schaeper ,  William M. Taylor ,  Bolie C. Williams, III

发明人： Gary R. Schaeper ,  William M. Taylor ,  Bolie C. Williams, III

IPC分类号： E21B33/06

CPC分类号： E21B33/06

摘要： An annular blowout preventer having a body with a central bore therethrough and a packer recess surrounding and opening on said recess, an annular packer which is a complete ring or a split ring in said recess, means for actuating said packer to closed position, an opening through the side of said body into said packer recess of sufficient size to remove said packer therethrough, a plug sealed in said opening and a sleeve around said body to engage the exterior of said plug and retain it in sealing position in said opening.

摘要翻译： 一种环形防喷器，其具有穿过其中心孔的主体和围绕所述凹部的打包器的封隔器凹槽，环形封隔器，其是所述凹部中的完整环或开口环，用于将所述封隔器致动到关闭位置的开口 通过所述主体的一侧进入所述封隔器凹槽，其尺寸足以从其中移除所述封隔器，密封在所述开口中的塞子和围绕所述主体的套筒接合所述塞子的外部并将其保持在所述开口中的密封位置。