Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Flexible pipe joint
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Application No.: US15750925Application Date: 2016-08-18
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Publication No.: US10598305B2Publication Date: 2020-03-24
- Inventor: David C. Riggs , Keith R. Ptak
- Applicant: LORD Corporation
- Applicant Address: US NC Cary
- Assignee: LORD CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: LORD CORPORATION
- Current Assignee Address: US NC Cary
- Agency: Lord Corporation
- International Application: PCT/US2016/047518 WO 20160818
- International Announcement: WO2017/031295 WO 20170223
- Main IPC: F16L27/04
- IPC: F16L27/04 ; F16L27/00 ; E21B19/00 ; F16L27/103 ; E21B43/01 ; E21B17/042 ; E21B17/05 ; E21B19/16 ; F16L15/00 ; F16L15/08

Abstract:
A flexible pipe joint (200) includes a body (210) having a pin-end member (230) telescopically fitted within a box-end member (220), the pin-end member (230) including an outer connection profile (235) and the box-end member (220) including a complementary inner connection profile (225), a bearing (240) including an outer bearing surface (244), wherein the bearing (240) is fitted within the body (210) such that at least a portion of an inner body surface (212) interfaces with at least a portion the outer bearing surface (244), and wherein the bearing (240) includes an inner bearing surface (243), and an extension pipe (270) including an outer extension pipe surface (289), wherein the extension pipe (270) is fitted within the bearing (240) such that at least a portion of the inner bearing surface (243) interfaces with at least a portion of the outer extension pipe surface (289).
Public/Granted literature
- US20180231161A1 FLEXIBLE PIPE JOINT Public/Granted day:2018-08-16
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