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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 03, 1989
Filed:
Mar. 09, 1988
Applicant:
Inventor:
Lawrence Y Tung, Houston, TX (US);
Assignee:
Hydril Company, Houston, TX (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
285334 ; 285917 ;
Abstract
A tubular connection having a nose extension on the pin member for stiffening the member and exhancing the conical seal area forward of the first thread, which seal is spaced at a distance from the time end by a non-sealing nose extension that is at least as long as the sealing area. The integrity of the seal is improved, the bearing surface is enlarged and the tendency of galling is reduced.