Abstract: A mount for a bonnet of a blowout preventer includes at least one support member coupled to a body of the blowout preventer, and a bonnet mounting member moveably coupled to the at least one support member and adapted to move substantially normal to a face of the body of the blowout blowout preventer, wherein the bonnet is coupled to the bonnet mounting member.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
December 17, 2002
Date of Patent:
August 29, 2006
Assignee:
Hydrill Company LP
Inventors:
Edward Hemphill, Michael Berckenhoff, William Carbaugh