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US 2019/0366649 A1Published application
Lobular connection for tubulars
AssigneeIntrinsic Energy Technology, LLC
InventorWilliam James Hughes
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Abstract
A tool joint connection includes a first tool joint and a second tool joint. The first tool joint has a male connector portion with a lobed polygonal profile extending longitudinally from one end of the first tool joint toward an opposing end thereof. The second tool joint has a female connector portion having a lobed polygonal profile extending longitudinally from one end of the second tool joint toward an opposing end thereof. The lobed polygonal profile of the male connector portion corresponds to the lobed polygonal profile of the female so the male connector portion of the first tool joint is non-rotatably receivable in the female connector portion of the second tool joint to form a connection between the first tool joint and the second tool joint.
Claims18
A tool joint connection, comprising:
- a first tool joint having a first end connectable to a first pipe body, a second end, a bore extending entirely through the first tool joint from the first end to the second end, and a male connector portion having a lobed polygonal profile extending longitudinally from the second end of the first tool joint toward the first end thereof;
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- a second tool joint having a first end connectable to a second pipe body, a second end, a bore extending entirely through the second tool joint from the first end to the second end, and a female connector portion defining a bore section with a lobed polygonal profile extending longitudinally from the second end of the second tool joint toward the first end thereof,
- wherein the lobed polygonal profile of the male connector portion corresponds to the lobed polygonal profile of the female connector portion so the male connector portion of the first tool joint is non-rotatably receivable in the female connector portion of the second tool joint to form a connection between the first tool joint and the second tool joint.
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A joint, comprising:
- a body;
- a first tool joint extending from one end of the pipe body and having a male connector portion with a lobed polygonal profile extending longitudinally from a distal of the first tool joint toward the body;
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- a second tool joint extending from an opposing end of the body and having a female connector portion defining a bore section with a lobed polygonal profile extending longitudinally from a distal end of the second tool joint toward the body,
- wherein the lobed polygonal profile of the male connector portion corresponds to the lobed polygonal profile of the female connector portion so the male connector portion of the first tool joint is non-rotatably receivable in the female connector portion of a second tool joint of a like joint to form a connection between the joints.
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A tubular string, comprising:
- a plurality of tubular joints, each of the tubular joints comprising:
- a pipe body;
- a first tool joint extending from one end of the pipe body and having a bore extending therethrough and a male connector portion with a lobed polygonal profile extending longitudinally from a distal end of the first tool joint toward the pipe body;
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- a second tool joint extending from an opposing end of the pipe body and having a bore extending therethrough and a female connector portion defining a bore section with a lobed polygonal profile extending longitudinally from a distal end of the second tool joint toward the pipe body,
- wherein the lobed polygonal profile of the male connector portion corresponds to the lobed polygonal profile of the female connector portion so the male connector portion of the first tool joint of one tubular joint is non-rotatably received in the female connector portion of the second tool joint of another tubular joint to form a connection between the first tool joint of the one tubular joint and the second tool joint of the other tubular joint.
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A tubular joint, comprising:
- a pipe body having a first end and a second end, the first end having a male connector portion with a lobed polygonal profile extending longitudinally from the first end of the pipe body toward the second end thereof, the second end having a male connector portion with a lobed polygonal profile extending longitudinally from the second end of the pipe body toward the first end thereof;
- a first tool joint having a first end and a second end, the first end of the first tool having a male connector portion and the second end having a female connector portion, the female connector portion of the second end of the first tool joint defining a bore section with a lobed polygonal profile extending longitudinally from the second end of the first tool joint toward the first end of the first tool joint, the lobed polygonal profile of the female connector portion of the first tool joint corresponds to the lobed polygonal profile of the male connector portion of the first end of the pipe body and the male connector portion on the first end of the pipe body is non-rotatably received in the female connector portion of the first tool joint to form a connection between the pipe body and the first tool joint;
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- a second tool joint having a first end and a second end, the first end of the second tool joint having a female connector portion and the second of the second tool joint having a female connector portion, the female connector portion of the second end of the second joint defining a bore section with a lobed polygonal profile extending longitudinally from the second end of the second tool joint toward the first end of the second tool joint, the lobed polygonal profile of the female connector portion of the second tool joint corresponds to the lobed polygonal profile of the male connector portion of the second end of the pipe body and the male connector portion on the second end of the pipe body is non-rotatably received in the female connector portion of the second tool joint to form a connection between the pipe body and the second tool joint.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.