BOP assembly with metal inserts

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 6857634
APP PUB NO 20040164494A1
SERIAL NO

10371329

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A blowout preventer assembly 10 includes opposed rams 12, 14, each including a rubber or elastomer sealing assembly 16, 18, with a plurality of inserts 20 forming an array 22 of metal inserts within each sealing assembly. Each insert has an upper body 24, a lower body 26, and a rib 50. Each upper and lower body includes a trailing face 36, a radially outward opposite face 38 and a leading face 40. An antiextrusion ledge 46 minimizes the extrusion gap between the OD of a tubular in the BOP and the leading face of the metal inserts in the array.

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VARCO SHAFFER INC12950 W LITTLE YORK RD HOUSTON TX 77041

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Araujo, Raul Houston, TX 16 161

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