US Patent Issued to Hydril on Aug. 5 for "Threaded and coupled tubular goods connection" (Argentinean, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,378,984, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to Hydril Co. (Houston).

"Threaded and coupled tubular goods connection" was invented by Stephen Harvey (Houston), Nestor Santi (Campana, Argentina) and Matias Castila (Campana, Argentina).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tubular goods connection for releasably coupling tubular members includes: a coupling having a first internal wedge dove-tail thread formed within a longitudinal bore of the coupling and a second internal dove-tail wedge thread; a first tubular member having a first mating external vanishing dove-tail wedge thread extending from a first proximal pin end face; and a second tubular me...