US 12,331,755 B2
Flexible adapter for submersible oily and storm pumping systems
Mustafa A. Al Abbas, Dhahran (SA); Muhannad A. Alsulami, Dhahran (SA); Samil Alshaibani, Dhahran (SA); Hyder Salem, Dhahran (SA); and Ahmed I. Mulhim, Dammam (SA)
Assigned to SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY, Dhahran (SA)
Filed by SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY, Dhahran (SA)
Filed on Apr. 23, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/643,456.
Application 18/643,456 is a division of application No. 17/722,015, filed on Apr. 15, 2022, granted, now 12,031,551.
Prior Publication US 2024/0271638 A1, Aug. 15, 2024
Int. Cl. F04D 29/60 (2006.01); E03F 5/22 (2006.01); F04D 13/08 (2006.01); F16L 37/26 (2006.01)
CPC F04D 29/607 (2013.01) [E03F 5/22 (2013.01); F04D 13/08 (2013.01); F04D 29/606 (2013.01); F16L 37/26 (2013.01); E03F 2201/00 (2013.01); F04D 13/086 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An assembly, comprising:
a basin;
a submersible pump, having an outlet, disposed within the basin;
an adapter,
wherein the adapter comprises:
a housing having a first side and a second side;
a reducing passage extending axially through the housing from the first side to the second side,
wherein the reducing passage has a varying inner diameter such that a first inner diameter transitions to a second inner diameter;
a plurality of fastener receiving holes extending transversely through the housing and disposed radially and circumferentially around the reducing passage; and
a plurality of fastening elements extending from the housing at the second side;
wherein the submersible pump outlet is connected to the adapter on the second side and an existing discharge line connected to the adapter on the first side,
wherein the adapter provides a transition from a diameter of the submersible pump outlet to a diameter of the existing discharge line, and
wherein a plurality of fasteners are extended through the plurality of fastener receiving holes to threadably connect the adapter to the existing discharge line.