Thread design for uniform distribution of makeup forces

Details Thread design for uniform distribution of makeup forces Thread design for uniform distribution of makeup forces

2005-02-01

2005-02-01

Bochns, David (Department: 3679)

Pipe joints or couplings

Particular interface

Tapered

C285S333000, C285S390000

Reexamination Certificate

active

06848724

ABSTRACT:
A threaded pin and box pipe connection having makeup shoulders that contact when the pin and box threads are fully engaged. Upon initial engagement of the shoulders, load flanks of the pin and box threads furthest from the makeup shoulders engage each other and begin progressively separating from each other by an increasing amount along the length of the engaged threads in a direction from the end of the pin to a gauge point of the connection. Upon application of the makeup torque, the separation between the load flanks distributes the torque forces between the makeup shoulders along the length of the engaged threads to prevent concentration of stress forces near the base of the pin thread. The progressive separation of the load flanks is achieved by progressively changing the pitch of the load flank of the pin and/or box thread to vary the thread width. The separation of load flanks is achieved without modifications of the stab flank pitch. The load flank pitch is reduced uniformly along the thread length to effectively achieve a different pitch per unit length. The amount of the load flank thread pitch reduction is equivalent to the makeup, for example, thirty degrees of four threads per unit length.

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