Pipe joints or couplings – Particular interface – Tapered
Reexamination Certificate
2006-03-07
2006-03-07
Hewitt, James M. (Department: 3679)
Pipe joints or couplings
Particular interface
Tapered
C285S334000, C285S390000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07007984
ABSTRACT:
A threaded pin and box connection having thread geometries and/or dissimilar thread fits that prevent the pin thread of a connection from hanging up in the box thread as the pin is being stabbed into or destabbed from the box. Dissimilar geometries and/or threads include dissimilar thread types, dissimilar leads, overlapping leads, thread tooth widths of one component greater than thread grooves of the other component, multiple start threads, and combinations thereof.
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Browning & Bushman P.C.
Bushman C. James
Hewitt James M.
Torquelock Corporation
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