Self-locking threaded connection partially in non-locking engagement
AssigneesVallourec Oil and Gas France, Nippon Steel Corporation
InventorsThimothé Delbosco, Wesley Ott, Scott Granger
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AssigneesVallourec Oil and Gas France, Nippon Steel Corporation
InventorsThimothé Delbosco, Wesley Ott, Scott Granger
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A threaded connection comprising: a first tubular component (1) having a first male threaded portion (16) and a second male threaded portion (17), a root width in the first male threaded portion (16) decreasing in a direction oriented a first pipe body (3), the root width being constant in the second male threaded portion (17), the second tubular component (2) comprising a female threaded zone (10) having a first female threaded portion (19) with a root width decreasing in a direction oriented towards a second pipe body (5), the connection being partially made up in a self-locking arrangement in order to provide a locking region (18) and a non-locking region (20), a female distal thread (22) of the locking region (18) has a width such that FDTW/TH>=125%, in which FDTW is a tooth width of the female distal thread (22) of the locking region and TH is the tooth height of said female distal thread (22).
A threaded connection comprising a first tubular component and a second tubular component,
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.