US 12,352,659 B2
Pressure seal with built in testing system
John Henry McKay, Stonehaven (GB); and David Sirda Shanks, Aberdeen (GB)
Assigned to Expro North Sea Limited, Dyce (GB)
Appl. No. 17/434,884
Filed by Expro North Sea Limited, Dyce (GB)
PCT Filed Feb. 26, 2020, PCT No. PCT/GB2020/050452
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Aug. 30, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/174232, PCT Pub. Date Sep. 3, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 1902732 (GB), filed on Feb. 28, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0170812 A1, Jun. 2, 2022
Int. Cl. G01M 3/28 (2006.01); E21B 17/02 (2006.01)
CPC G01M 3/2869 (2013.01) [E21B 17/028 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A connector, comprising:
a housing comprising an internal volume;
a port in the housing for receiving a conduit and providing access to the internal volume;
a sealing arrangement for sealing the internal volume in the housing, the sealing arrangement having a first seal and a second seal;
a seal integrity test system comprising a sensor coupled to the housing;
a configurable test component being disposable in a first configuration to enable testing of the first seal of the sealing arrangement, and disposable in a second configuration to enable testing of the second seal of the sealing arrangement; and
the seal integrity test system being configured to provide a measurement based on the pressure inside the internal volume of the housing to establish the integrity of the sealing arrangement.