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US 8,454,057 B2Granted
Threaded end connector attachment for an end of a tube
AssigneeRRI Holdings, Inc.
InventorsTommie C. Gipson, Larry R. Russell
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Abstract
A threaded tubing end assembly having a tubing with a transverse first end, a tubing through bore, and a longitudinal weld seam; a threaded adapter having an adapter through bore, and an adapter body having a threaded first end having a male thread and an opposed second end with an external transverse shoulder surrounding a reduced diameter elongated shank with an external longitudinal slot; a circumferential weld; and a longitudinal weld.
Claims12
A threaded tubing end assembly comprising:
- a) a tubing having
- a transverse first end,
- a tubing through bore,
- a longitudinal weld seam internally extending into the tubing through bore, and
- a through slot extending axially from the first end to a length,
- wherein the through slot is located in a side of the tubing opposed to the weld seam;
- b) a threaded adapter having
- an adapter through bore, and
- an adapter body having
- a threaded first end having a male thread, and
- an opposed second end with an external transverse shoulder surrounding a reduced diameter elongated shank extending from the second end, wherein the elongated shank has an external longitudinal slot sized to accommodate the internally extending weld seam of the tubing;
- c) a circumferential weld sealingly connecting the first end of the tubing to the transverse external shoulder of the threaded adapter, when the tubing through bore is positioned around the shank of the adapter so that the first end of the tubing abuts the transverse external shoulder of the adapter and the tubing weld seam is accommodated in the longitudinal slot of the adapter;
- and
- d) a longitudinal weld filling the axially extending through slot of the tubing and providing a structural connection between the tubing and the elongated shank.
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A threaded tubing end assembly comprising:
- a) a tubing having
- (i) a transverse first end with an internal chamfer,
- (ii) a tubing through bore,
- (iii) a weld seam internally extending into the tubing through bore, and
- (iv) a through slot extending axially from the first end of the tubing to a length, wherein the through slot is located in a side of the tubing opposite the weld seam;
- b) a threaded adapter having
- (i) an adapter through bore, and
- (ii) an adapter body having
- a threaded first end having a male thread and a first transverse external shoulder,
- an opposed second end having a second transverse external shoulder and a reduced diameter elongated shank attached to the second end, wherein the shank has an external longitudinal slot extending an entire length of the shank and sized to accommodate the internally extending weld seam of the tubing, and wherein the elongated shank has a substantially constant external diameter sized to be a close fit with the tubing through bore when the tubing weld seam is accommodated in the longitudinal slot;
- c) a circumferential weld sealingly connecting the first end of the tubing to the second transverse external shoulder of the adapter body, when the tubing through bore is positioned around the elongated shank of the adapter so that the first end of the tubing abuts the second transverse external shoulder of the adapter body and the tubing weld seam is accommodated in the longitudinal slot of the elongated shank;
- and
- d) a longitudinal weld filling the axially extending through slot of the tubing and providing a structural connection between the tubing and the elongated shank on a side of the shank opposite the longitudinal slot.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.