Thread coupling for a drill string for percussive rock drilling

Wells – Conduit wall or specific conduit end structure – Downhole coupling or connector

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C175S323000, C403S307000, C403S343000, C411S414000, C411S416000

Reexamination Certificate

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06810956

ABSTRACT:

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a thread coupling for a drill string for percussive rock drilling.
In previously known thread couplings for percussive rock drilling one sometimes obtains breakage of the drill rod adjacent to the drill bit and on the skirt of the drill bit adjacent to the inner end of the thread of the drill bit. These breakages occur in particular when the collaring conditions are bad. The cause of these breakages is that the drill rod adjacent to its end surface in contact with a bottom impact surface on the drill bit is prestressed by the deformations occuring at the shock wave passage through the thread coupling in combination with the applied torque. A corresponding prestressing is obtained in the skirt of the drill bit.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The present invention, which is defined in the subsequent claim, aims at achieving a thread coupling which avoids these breakages through forming the thread coupling such that the material thickness becomes optimal at those parts on drill rod and drill bit which are most sensitive to breakage. This is achieved by means of a combination of conical threads and a well rounded crest of the threads. It has turned out to be advantageous to have a radius of curvature at the crest of the thread on the male thread which is at least 30% of the pitch of the thread. The conical thread form means that the prestressing of the thread is moved away from the contact surface between the end surface of the drill rod and the bottom impact surface. This effect is achieved because the pitch angle of the thread is larger at smaller thread diameter than at larger thread diameter, constant pitch


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