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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 07, 2006
Filed:
Nov. 21, 2002
Applicant:
Kris L. Church, Montgomery, TX (US);
Inventor:
Kris L. Church, Montgomery, TX (US);
Assignee:
Torquelock Corporation, Conroe, TX (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16L 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
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.