US Patent Issued to BENOIT PREMIUM THREADING on Sept. 23 for "Formed internal surface tubular connection" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,422,065, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to BENOIT PREMIUM THREADING LLC (Houma, La.).

"Formed internal surface tubular connection" was invented by Preston Cothren (The Woodlands, Texas) and Maya Marchant (Spicewood, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An improved tubular connection apparatus having a pin section with external tapered threads and a box section with internal tapered threads. The tubular connection apparatus uses the relationship between an internal surface diameter and a transition region to create a connection that utilizes both a mating external shoulder that has an outer diameter equal to the tube and that preferabl...