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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 19, 2016
Filed:
Apr. 05, 2013
Applicant:
Single Buoy Moorings, Inc. (Switzerland Corporation), Marly, CH;
Inventor:
Jack Pollack, Houston, TX (US);
Assignee:
Single Buoy Moorings, Inc., Marly, CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16L 15/08 (2006.01); F16L 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16L 15/00 (2013.01); F16L 15/004 (2013.01);
Abstract
A pipeline includes a pair of pipe sections with ends (), connected together by threads. the pipe ends having axial and radial abutments lying beyond the ends of the thread. The abutments are located to stabilize a nib sealing arrangement and to enhance the capacity to resist bending while using a shorter thread length. The shorter threads () enable pipe ends of smaller wall thicknesses to be used. At the abutments, each pipe end has a nib (A,B) that is deflected to enter a groove as the pipe ends mate.