IP Library Granted Patent US 12674528
Granted Patent B2
US 12674528 · App. 18/249,543 · Granted Jul 7, 2026

Threaded steel pipe or tube and production method therefor

Inventors: Hiroshi Okano (Tokyo, JP); Kazuki Matsubara (Tokyo, JP); Shusaku Takagi (Tokyo, JP); Nobuyuki Ishikawa (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
F16L9/02B23G1/02F16L15/006
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12674528
App. No.
18/249,543
Granted
Jul 7, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

To alleviate stress exerted on a thread portion of a threaded steel pipe or tube during use to prevent fatigue fracture, there is provided a threaded steel pipe or tube having a female thread portion on an inner peripheral surface of at least one end, wherein a maximum value of residual compressive stress at a position of 0.4 mm in a depth direction from a thread bottom of the female thread portion is 100 MPa or more and less than or equal to tensile strength of a material of the threaded steel pipe or tube.

Claims (18)

1 . A threaded steel pipe or tube having a female thread portion comprising a plurality of thread grooves on an inner peripheral surface of at least one end,

wherein a maximum value of residual compressive stress at a position of 0.4 mm in a depth direction from each thread bottom of the plurality of thread grooves is 100 MPa or more and less than or equal to tensile strength of a material of the threaded steel pipe or tube.

2 . The threaded steel pipe or tube according to claim 1 , wherein the maximum value of the residual compressive stress is less than or equal to yield stress of the material of the threaded steel pipe or tube.

3 . The threaded steel pipe or tube according to claim 2 , comprising a seamless steel pipe or tube.

4 . The threaded steel pipe or tube according to claim 1 , comprising a seamless steel pipe or tube.

5 . A production method for the threaded steel pipe or tube according to claim 1 , the production method comprising:

attaching a lid having a male thread portion on an outer peripheral surface to the threaded steel pipe or tube having the female thread portion on an inner peripheral surface of at least one end so that the male thread portion is screwed into the female thread portion; and

applying an internal pressure to the threaded steel pipe or tube with the lid attached thereto, under the following conditions (A), (B), and (C):

(A) thread bottom stress of the female thread portion is more than yield stress of a material of the threaded steel pipe or tube;

(B) axial stress of the threaded steel pipe or tube is less than or equal to tensile strength of the material of the threaded steel pipe or tube; and

(C) circumferential stress of the threaded steel pipe or tube is less than or equal to the tensile strength of the material of the threaded steel pipe or tube.

6 . The production method for a threaded steel pipe or tube according to claim 5 , wherein the threaded steel pipe or tube comprises a seamless steel pipe or tube.

7 . A production method for the threaded steel pipe or tube according to claim 1 , the production method comprising:

attaching a jig having a male thread portion on an outer peripheral surface to the threaded steel pipe or tube having the female thread portion on an inner peripheral surface of at least one end so that the male thread portion is screwed into the female thread portion; and

applying a load to the threaded steel pipe or tube using the jig, under the following conditions (A) and (B):

(A) thread bottom stress of the female thread portion is more than yield stress of a material of the threaded steel pipe or tube; and

(B) axial stress of the threaded steel pipe or tube is less than or equal to tensile strength of the material of the threaded steel pipe or tube.

8 . The production method for a threaded steel pipe or tube according to claim 7 , wherein the threaded steel pipe or tube comprises a seamless steel pipe or tube.