US Patent Issued to SAUDI ARABIAN OIL on Aug. 12 for "High torque threaded connections with external upset and multiple seals" (Saudi Arabia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,385,326, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).

"High torque threaded connections with external upset and multiple seals" was invented by Oladele Owoeye (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia) and Jasem Moyaibed (Tarut, Saudi Arabia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A threaded connection includes a first tubular member having a box end defining an internal thread profile, and a second tubular member having a pin end defining an external thread profile threadably engageable with the internal thread profile of the box end. The external thread profile includes a first section that extends at a first taper angle r...