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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 20, 2015
Filed:
Nov. 29, 2012
Burney J. Latiolais, Jr., Lafayette, LA (US);
Keith T. Lutgring, Lafayette, LA (US);
Braxton I. Moody, Tomball, TX (US);
John K. M. Saichuk, Lafayette, LA (US);
Samuel P. Hawkins, Iii, Lafayette, LA (US);
Burney J. Latiolais, Jr., Lafayette, LA (US);
Keith T. Lutgring, Lafayette, LA (US);
Braxton I. Moody, Tomball, TX (US);
John K. M. Saichuk, Lafayette, LA (US);
Samuel P. Hawkins, III, Lafayette, LA (US);
Frank's International, LLC, Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A cylindrical ring sized to slide over the box end of an oilfield tubular having a given diameter, has a shoulder at one its ends and a sidewall along its length. The sidewall has a circumferential groove about its interior surface housing a band which can be made tight against the exterior surface of the oilfield tubular by a latch accessible through a slot in the sidewall, and which becomes even tighter if the tubular attempts to escape from the band. In a first orientation, the cylindrical ring is used as a load ring. By turning the cylindrical rings upside down, the cylindrical ring is used as a thread protector for the pin end of the tubular.