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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:
Mar. 30, 2010
Filed:
Mar. 30, 2006
Applicants:
Harris A. Reynolds, Jr., Houston, TX (US);
Robert S. Sivley, Iv, Kingwood, TX (US);
Inventors:
Harris A. Reynolds, Jr., Houston, TX (US);
Robert S. Sivley, IV, Kingwood, TX (US);
Assignee:
Hydril LLC, Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16L 25/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Threaded connections including a pin member and a box member and are mismatched. The pin member and the box member have wedge threads formed thereon with a gap formed between pin and box load flanks and/or pin and box stab flanks of the threaded connection. The mismatch may comprise different flank angles and/or different flank profiles between corresponding flanks.