A piping system for oil and gas in very deep water includes two opposing flanges and a seal ring between the flanges. Each flange has an annular ridge between concentric grooves. The seal ring has a radial web that connects longitudinal inner and outer sealing portions, which are received in the concentric grooves with the annular ridge received sealingly between the inner and outer sealing portions. The inner sealing portion of the seal ring is longer than the outer sealing portion. The web is as thick as or thicker than the inner and outer sealing portions. The seal ring comprises inner and outer concentric hollow cylinders having a non-uniform wall thickness and an annular rib that connects the hollow cylinders together, where one cylinder is longer than the other and where the rib has a longitudinal thickness that is as great as the radial thickness of the walls of the hollow cylinders.

A piping system for oil and gas in very deep water includes two opposing flanges and a seal ring between the flanges. Each flange has an annular ridge between concentric grooves. The seal ring has a radial web that connects longitudinal inner and outer sealing portions, which are received in the concentric grooves with the annular ridge received sealingly between the inner and outer sealing portions. The inner sealing portion of the seal ring is longer than the outer sealing portion. The web is as thick as or thicker than the inner and outer sealing portions. The seal ring comprises inner and outer concentric hollow cylinders having a non-uniform wall thickness and an annular rib that connects the hollow cylinders together, where one cylinder is longer than the other and where the rib has a longitudinal thickness that is as great as the radial thickness of the walls of the hollow cylinders.

A coupling assembly having first and second sleeves configured to be tightened to a fluid conduit, a radial-split gasket configured to be positioned between the sleeves and the fluid conduit and having an outer gasket layer and a separate inner gasket layer configured to be selectively disengaged from each other, an inner circumferential surface of the outer gasket layer and/or an outer circumferential surface of the inner gasket layer comprising a plurality of circumferentially spaced retaining protrusions interfacing between the inner and outer gasket layers, each of the retaining protrusions having a separation portion and an engagement portion connected to the other gasket layer by a gasket layer connection such that the engagement portion will separate at the separation portion under an applied separation force prior to the engagement portion separating at the gasket layer connection.

A coupling assembly having first and second sleeves configured to be tightened to a fluid conduit, a radial-split gasket configured to be positioned between the sleeves and the fluid conduit and having an outer gasket layer and a separate inner gasket layer configured to be selectively disengaged from each other, an inner circumferential surface of the outer gasket layer and/or an outer circumferential surface of the inner gasket layer comprising a plurality of circumferentially spaced retaining protrusions interfacing between the inner and outer gasket layers, each of the retaining protrusions having a separation portion and an engagement portion connected to the other gasket layer by a gasket layer connection such that the engagement portion will separate at the separation portion under an applied separation force prior to the engagement portion separating at the gasket layer connection.

Briefly, the present invention relates, in one embodiment, to a gasket for sealing a filter housing to a filter mount. The gasket may have an upper body and a lower body which seals between the filter housing and filter head. The gasket may include chamfered surfaces to allow for properly sealing against manufacturing tolerances, and may include an annular groove which receives the filter housing and stabilizes the gasket during installation.

Briefly, the present invention relates, in one embodiment, to a gasket for sealing a filter housing to a filter mount. The gasket may have an upper body and a lower body which seals between the filter housing and filter head. The gasket may include chamfered surfaces to allow for properly sealing against manufacturing tolerances, and may include an annular groove which receives the filter housing and stabilizes the gasket during installation.

A pipeline including at least first and second portions, each comprising outer and inner pipes, at least one coupling system connecting the first and second portions and including at least a downstream flange ring connected to at least one of the outer and inner pipes of the first portion, at least an upstream flange ring connected to at least one of the outer and inner pipes of the second portion, connecting elements connecting the upstream and downstream flange rings, first and second annular seals interposed between the upstream and downstream flange rings and configured to delimit, with the upstream and downstream flange rings, a buffer space containing an atmosphere, the pipeline comprising at least one leak detection system configured to determine at least one characteristic of the atmosphere of the buffer space.

A conduit coupling assembly having an arcuate middle ring extending axially between first and second arcuate clamp rings, an arcuate gasket configured to be positioned radially between the first clamp ring and the fluid conduit, the middle ring comprising an outwardly extending annular flange disposed axially between and radially overlapping at least a portion of the first clamp ring and at least a portion the gasket, the annular flange comprising an axially extending retention rim axially overlapping and disposed radially between a first retained portion of the gasket and an opposed portion of the first clamp ring, the retention rim and the gasket forming a gasket retaining element restraining radial movement of a side surface of the gasket relative to the annular flange of the middle ring.

A system includes a conduit and a gasket assembly. The conduit includes a body and has a bell defining an opening disposed at one end of the conduit. The bell includes a ridge defining a circumferential internal groove, a sloping portion defining an internal recessed area and disposed adjacent to the ridge, and an abutment end inwardly extending from the sloping portion in a direction that is perpendicular to a central axis defined by the bell. The gasket assembly is disposed within the internal groove. The gasket assembly includes a plurality of gripping inserts each comprising a hollow body and an elastomeric gasket having a circular shape and being disposed within the hollow bodies defines by the plurality of gripping inserts.

A system includes a conduit and a gasket assembly. The conduit includes a body and has a bell defining an opening disposed at one end of the conduit. The bell includes a ridge defining a circumferential internal groove, a sloping portion defining an internal recessed area and disposed adjacent to the ridge, and an abutment end inwardly extending from the sloping portion in a direction that is perpendicular to a central axis defined by the bell. The gasket assembly is disposed within the internal groove. The gasket assembly includes a plurality of gripping inserts each comprising a hollow body and an elastomeric gasket having a circular shape and being disposed within the hollow bodies defines by the plurality of gripping inserts.