Tubular component connection protector

Abstract

A protector for a male end or a female end of a tubular drilling or production component for hydrocarbon wells, the end respectively including at least one external thread or internal thread, an annular external surface and an annular internal surface separated by the at least one thread, the protector including a first internal or external thread including at least one first threaded portion including at least one thread with pitch P1 configured to cooperate with the thread of the end to screw the protector onto the end, and a second threaded portion including at least one thread with a pitch P2 different from P1.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.