Patents by Inventor Ludovic Fontaine

Ludovic Fontaine 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: 7883120
    Abstract: A male element for a sealed threaded tubular connection. Before tapered reduction swaging of an end region of a tube and machining in the region of a tapered male threading and a male lip to obtain a male tubular element for makeup into a female tubular element to form a sealed threaded tubular connection after diametrical expansion, the tube is shaped over a portion of its length to produce a cylindrical internal surface that connects via a chamfer to the cylindrical internal surface of the lip obtained subsequently by machining, the radius of the first surface being greater than the radius of the second surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2011
    Assignee: Vallourec Mannesmann Oil & Gas France
    Inventors: Ludovic Fontaine, Benoit Duquesne, Gregory Molins
  • Publication number: 20070246935
    Abstract: A male element for a sealed threaded tubular connection. Before tapered reduction swaging of all end region of a tube and machining in the region of a tapered male threading and a male lip to obtain a male tubular element for makeup into a female tubular element to form a sealed threaded tubular connection after diametrical expansion, the tube is shaped over a portion of its length to produce a cylindrical internal surface that connects via a chamfer to the cylindrical internal surface of the lip obtained subsequently by machining, the radius of the first surface being greater than the radius of the second surface. Such all element may, for example, find application to hydrocarbon wells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2005
    Publication date: October 25, 2007
    Applicant: VALLOUREC MANNESMANN OIL & GAS FRANCE
    Inventors: Ludovic Fontaine, Benoit Duquesne, Gregory Molins