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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 16, 2019
Filed:
Oct. 18, 2017
Single Buoy Moorings, Inc., Marly, CH;
Jack Pollack, Camarillo, CA (US);
Alpha Mahatvaraj, Sugar Land, TX (US);
SINGLE BUOY MOORINGS, INC., Marly, CH;
Abstract
Methods that may be employed to help to equalize the length of the teeth on a pin-and-box SCR connector during make-up include locating the make-up groove on the box at the far box end away from the pipe end. This causes the make-up force to tension and stretch the box to make it longer. Additionally or alternatively placing grease or other fluid in the nib groove creates a resistance force to nib entry. The grease or fluid exits through a nib vent port in the box while creating a resistance that compresses the pin and stretches the box causing the tooth spacing of the pin and the box to be similar. Providing a ring groove at both ends of the box allows a tensioning device to be used to tension the box causing box elongation, which equalizes the tooth length of pin and box members during connector make up.