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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:
Feb. 15, 1994
Filed:
Dec. 03, 1992
Applicant:
Inventor:
Gerald E Wilson, Montgomery, TX (US);
Assignee:
Prideco, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
285114 ; 285333 ; 285286 ;
Abstract
The fatigue life of the tube section of a joint of drill pipe is increased by locating a stress relief groove in the weld necks of the tool joints adjacent the welds.