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Granted Patent B2
US 11,415,246 · App. 16/762,590 · Granted Aug 16, 2022

Threaded joint for steel pipes

Inventors: Yoshinori Ando (Tokyo, JP); Shin Ugai (Tokyo, JP); Yousuke Oku (Tokyo, JP)
Assignees: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION; VALLOUREC OIL AND GAS FRANCE
F16L15/001E21B17/042F16L15/06
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Patent No.
US 11,415,246
App. No.
16/762,590
Granted
Aug 16, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

The threaded joint includes a pin and a box. The pin includes a taper male thread part, and the box includes a taper female thread part to be engaged with the taper male thread part. The male thread part is divided into a first region on the free end side of the pin, and a second region on the tubular side of the pin along a tube axis direction. The taper ratio of the first region is greater than the taper ratio of the second region. The taper ratio of the first region is greater than the taper ratio of the female thread part. The taper ratio of the second region is equal to or greater than the taper ratio of the female thread part.

Claims (15)

1. A threaded joint for steel pipes, the threaded joint comprising a tubular pin and a tubular box,

wherein the pin includes a taper male thread part, and the box includes a taper female thread part to be engaged with the taper male thread part,

the taper male thread part is divided into a first region on a free end side of the pin and a second region on a tubular side of the pin along a tube axis direction, and

a taper ratio of the first region is greater than a taper ratio of the second region, the taper ratio of the first region is greater than a taper ratio of the taper female thread part, and the taper ratio of the second region is equal to or greater than the taper ratio of the taper female thread part,

the pin further includes a shoulder face arranged on a free end of the pin and a sealing face arranged between the shoulder face and the taper male thread part, and

the box further includes a shoulder face corresponding to the shoulder face of the pin and a sealing face corresponding to the sealing face of the pin.

2. The threaded joint for steel pipes according to claim 1 ,

wherein Tp 1 , Tp 2 and Tb satisfy the conditions of Formulae (1), (2) and (3), where Tp 1 is the taper ratio of the first region, Tp 2 is the taper ratio of the second region, and Tb is the taper ratio of the taper female thread part:

1.00 <Tp 1 /Tb< 1.10  (1)

1.00 ≤Tp 2 /Tb< 1.10  (2)

0.94 <Tp 2 /Tp 1<1.00  (3).

3. The threaded joint for steel pipes according to claim 2 ,

wherein x is within a range from 20% or more of L to 80% or less of L, where L is the total length in the tube axis direction of the taper male thread part, and x is the distance in the tube axis direction from an end of the taper male thread part on the free end side of the pin to the border between the first region and the second region.

4. The threaded joint for steel pipes according to claim 1 ,

wherein x is within a range from 20% or more of L to 80% or less of L, where L is the total length in the tube axis direction of the taper male thread part, and x is the distance in the tube axis direction from an end of the taper male thread part on the free end side of the pin to the border between the first region and the second region.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 4, 2020
From: ANDO, YOSHINORI; UGAI, SHIN; OKU, YOUSUKE
To: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 052835/0517 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 4, 2020
From: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
To: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION; VALLOUREC OIL AND GAS FRANCE
Reel/Frame 052837/0089 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2017-233106 · Dec 5, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20200332929A1 · Oct 22, 2020
Cited By (1)
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