Patents Assigned to Shoals Tubular Products, Inc.
  • Tube end sealing method
    Patent number: 10596619
    Abstract: In a method for closing open ends of tubes, an open tube end is closed using spin-tubing methods known in the art. Following the tube end closing, a concavity is formed in the tube end in a tube end forming machine. The tube end is brazed with the tube end facing upright, so that the braze alloy pools in the concavity, strengthening the tube end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: SHOALS TUBULAR PRODUCTS, INC.
    Inventors: Mark J. Wilson, Charles Terry Cook
  • Tube end sealing method
    Patent number: 10105746
    Abstract: In a method for closing open ends of tubes, an open tube end is closed using spin-tubing methods known in the art. Following the tube end closing, a concavity is formed in the tube end in a tube end forming machine. The tube end is brazed with the tube end facing upright, so that the braze alloy pools in the concavity, strengthening the tube end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: Shoals Tubular Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark J. Wilson, Charles Terry Cook
  • Union between dissimilar materials
    Patent number: 8876425
    Abstract: A sleeve is placed between a first body and second body, where the first body and the second body are different materials. The sleeve is a third material that is at least similar to the material of the first body, and a mechanical connection is made between the sleeve and the second body. The mechanical connection has a locking abutment where the surface of the sleeve is angled toward the end of the second body that is in the union, and this angled surface of the sleeve abuts the second body. A first connection substance is positioned between the sleeve and the first body, and a second connection substance is positioned between the sleeve and the second body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: Shoals Tubular Products, Inc.
    Inventor: Mark J. Wilson
  • UNION BETWEEN DISSIMILAR MATERIALS
    Publication number: 20140016995
    Abstract: A sleeve is placed between a first body and second body, where the first body and the second body are different materials. The sleeve is a third material that is at least similar to the material of the first body, and a mechanical connection is made between the sleeve and the second body. The mechanical connection has a locking abutment where the surface of the sleeve is angled toward the end of the second body that is in the union, and this angled surface of the sleeve abuts the second body. A first connection substance is positioned between the sleeve and the first body, and a second connection substance is positioned between the sleeve and the second body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2012
    Publication date: January 16, 2014
    Applicant: Shoals Tubular Products, Inc.
    Inventor: Mark J. Wilson