Patent ID: 10777935

Abstract:
A pothead retaining sleeve apparatus, system and method. An electric submersible (ESP) motor pothead includes pivotable retaining sleeves, each pivotable retaining sleeve including a ball that seats within a socket inside the pothead, the ball rotatable in the socket such that each pivotable retaining sleeve is independently moveable around a spheroidal joint formed by the ball and socket. An ESP motor pothead system includes a pothead for electrically connecting a power cable to an electric submersible motor, each phase of the power cable extending through a retaining sleeve, the retaining sleeve extending through a conduit formed through an insulating block inside the pothead, the conduit including a spherical socket, the retaining sleeve including a tubular portion terminating at a ball seated within the spherical socket to form a ball and socket joint, and the tubular portion rotatable around the ball and socket joint during tying off of the phases.