Patents by Inventor Kris L. Church

Kris L. Church 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).

  • Threaded pipe connection with cylindrical metal-to-metal, high pressure containment seal
    Publication number: 20040084901
    Abstract: A threaded pipe connection is shown which features a cylindrical metal-to-metal containment seal. In addition to the cylindrical sealing surfaces, the connection utilizes a separate ramp or ramp regions that simulate a pin swaging or a box expansion which results in the ability of the cylindrical components of the seal to assemble without interference or with only slight interference.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2002
    Publication date: May 6, 2004
    Inventor: Kris L. Church
  • Thread from with multifacited flanks
    Patent number: 6722706
    Abstract: A thread form for a tubular connection of the type having a pin member adapted to be made-up with a box member to form a pipe joint as shown. The pin member has pin threads with thread crests and thread roots which are adapted to be made-up with a mating box member having a complimentary thread structure. The pin thread crests are formed between a stab flank and a load flank of the pin thread. The pin thread has a multi-facited complex profile stab flank for engaging a mating stab flank on the complimentary box member to provide a wedging interfit between the surfaces of the pin and box threads. The pin and box threads are also helically structured as a wedge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2004
    Assignee: John Gandy Corporation
    Inventor: Kris L. Church
  • Thread form with multifacited flanks
    Publication number: 20030067169
    Abstract: A thread form for a tubular connection of the type having a pin member adapted to be made-up with a box member to form a pipe joint as shown. The pin member has pin threads with thread crests and thread roots which are adapted to be made-up with a mating box member having a complimentary thread structure. The pin thread crests are formed between a stab flank and a load flank of the pin thread. The pin thread has a multi-facited complex profile stab flank for engaging a mating stab flank on the complimentary box member to provide a wedging interfit between the surfaces of the pin and box threads. The pin and box threads are also helically structured as a wedge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2001
    Publication date: April 10, 2003
    Applicant: John Gandy Corporation
    Inventor: Kris L. Church
  • Thread form with multifacited flanks
    Patent number: 6254146
    Abstract: A thread form for a tubular connection of the type having a pin member adapted to be made-up with a box member to form a pipe joint as shown. The pin member has pin threads with thread crests and thread roots which are adapted to be made-up with a mating box member having a complimentary thread structure. The pin thread crests are formed between a stab flank and a load flank of the pin thread. The pin thread has a multi-facited complex profile stab flank for engaging a mating stab flank on the complimentary box member to provide a wedging interfit between the surfaces of the pin and box threads. The pin and box threads are also helically structured as a wedge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2001
    Assignee: John Gandy Corporation
    Inventor: Kris L. Church