Patents by Inventor Jerry L. Buster

Jerry L. Buster has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 5931511
    Abstract: A threaded connection for improving fatigue resistance to cyclic loading is disclosed. The threaded connection basically comprises a pair of interlocking members having corresponding radially inner and radially outer spiral threads thereon, each spiral thread including a spiral compression flank and a spiral tension flank wherein at least one of the spiral compression flanks and spiral tension flanks on the inner spiral threads are in mating planar engagement with a corresponding spiral compression flank and spiral tension flank on the outer spiral thread. Axial spacing between the tension flanks and the compression flanks on the radially inner and radially outer spiral threads further define a stress reducing spiral root surface on at least one of the radially inner and radially outer threads and a corresponding crest surface on the other radially inner and radially outer spiral threads.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 3, 1999
    Assignee: Grant Prideco, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard DeLange, Ed Evans, Jerry L. Buster