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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 29, 2017
Filed:
Feb. 02, 2015
Weatherford Technology Holdings, Llc, Houston, TX (US);
Jeffery Morrison, Missouri City, TX (US);
Kevin Wood, Houston, TX (US);
Richard Lee Giroux, Cypress, TX (US);
Weatherford Technology Holdings, LLC, Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A connection between two wellbore components includes a male portion with sets of male formations formed on an outer surface and male knobs disposed around the outer surface. A female portion has mating sets of female formations formed on an inner surface thereof, with each set separated by a female gap and female knobs disposed around the inner surface. Each male gap is wider than each female formation and each female gap is wider than each male formation. The male and female portions can be mated together in a manner whereby the male sets occupy female gaps and the female sets occupy the male gaps and, thereafter, the male portion is rotatable in a counterclockwise direction relative to the female portion to interconnect the male and female formations, thereby preventing axial movement of one portion relative to the other portion.