US 11,732,558 B2
Fastening apparatus, system, and method
Garrett S. Boyd, Granbury, TX (US); and Mitchell A. Boyd, Haslet, TX (US)
Assigned to FLOWCO PRODUCTION SOLUTIONS, LLC, Spring, TX (US)
Filed by FLOWCO PRODUCTION SOLUTIONS, LLC, Spring, TX (US)
Filed on Oct. 27, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/511,883.
Prior Publication US 2023/0131997 A1, Apr. 27, 2023
Int. Cl. E21B 43/12 (2006.01); F04B 47/12 (2006.01)
CPC E21B 43/121 (2013.01) [F04B 47/12 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A downhole tool, comprising:
a body having a rounded or cylindrical surface, at least one relieved space in the rounded or cylindrical surface, and a protuberance within the at least one relieved space;
a retaining device;
one or more crimples, each crimple including a portion of the material of the retaining device that extends inward into a corresponding portion of the relieved space of the body and which deforms the protuberance within the corresponding portion of the relieved space.
 
7. A method for securing a first body to a second body, comprising:
inserting at least a portion of the first body into the second body, wherein the first body has a rounded or cylindrical surface, a relieved space in the rounded or cylindrical surface, and a protuberance within the relieved space; and
deforming a portion of the second body such that material of the second body extends inwardly into an underlying portion of the relieved space of the first body and such that the inwardly extending material of the second body deforms an underlying portion of the protuberance on the first body to affix the first body to the second body.