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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 27, 2006
Filed:
Apr. 18, 2005
Ryuichi Imai, Osaka, JP;
Ryuichi Imai, Osaka, JP;
Sumitomo Metal Industries, Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
In a protector for protecting a trapezoidal female thread of a pipe formed to an end thereof, the protector has a male thread formed thereto so as to be threaded with the female thread as well as the height of the thread of the male thread is made larger than the height of the thread of the female thread. With this arrangement, a surface treatment applied to the surface of the female thread or a male thread formed to the end of the pipe can be prevented from being damaged, and in particular, a surface treatment applied to a guide flank surface, a load flank surface, a corner portion, and the like of the thread can be prevented from being subjected to wear, damage, and the like.