US 12,460,753 B2
Seal retaining configuration and method
James Doane, Friendswood, TX (US); and Farhat Shaikh, Houston, TX (US)
Assigned to Baker Hughes Oilfield Operations LLC, Houston, TX (US)
Filed by Baker Hughes Oilfield Operations LLC, Houston, TX (US)
Filed on Nov. 22, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/992,367.
Prior Publication US 2024/0167594 A1, May 23, 2024
Int. Cl. F16L 21/02 (2006.01); E21B 17/02 (2006.01); E21B 33/129 (2006.01)
CPC F16L 21/02 (2013.01) [E21B 17/02 (2013.01); E21B 33/129 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A seal retaining configuration comprising:
a tubular member comprising a body and an inside diameter surface;
a plurality of grooves extending from the inside diameter surface into the body of the tubular member, at least one of the grooves being a portion of a chord of the tubular member that intersects the body of the tubular member;
a first retainer engaged with a first groove of the plurality of grooves;
a second retainer engaged with a second groove of the plurality of grooves;
a first perimetrically discontinuous antiextrusion barrier disposed adjacent the first retainer;
a second perimetrically discontinuous antiextrusion barrier disposed adjacent the second retainer; and
a seal retained between the first perimetrically discontinuous antiextrusion barrier and the second perimetrically discontinuous antiextrusion barrier, the first and second antiextrusion barriers configured to resist extrusion of the seal.