Patents by Inventor Michael Paul Kirchner

Michael Paul Kirchner 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: 9261208
    Abstract: A threaded casing connection and a thread pipe connector for connecting casing segments or tubing segments joined using a threaded connection. The threaded connection having a threaded coupling for engaging a mill end connector and a field end connector. The threaded connector has a metal barrier for accommodating any phase difference and length of the screw thread helices which limit the axial advancement of each pin connector with the threaded coupling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: PRECISION COUPLINGS, LLC
    Inventors: Michael Keith Nations, Jr., Michael Paul Kirchner
  • Patent number: 9261207
    Abstract: A threaded connection for engaging a first tubular and a second tubular with a threaded coupling. The threaded coupling has mill end teeth and field end teeth. Each tubular has a pin connector. The threaded coupling receives and engages both pin connectors. The threaded coupling has a controlled phase or a phase difference that limits the axial advancement of the pin connectors past a coupling midpoint. The threaded coupling has a relief groove that reduces the hoop stress if the mill end pin end and the field end pin end are not centered correctly at the coupling midpoint. The threaded coupling has a metal barrier formed by the phase difference and length of the screw thread helices which limit the axial advancement of each pin connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: PRECISION COUPLINGS, LLC
    Inventors: Michael Keith Nations, Jr., Michael Paul Kirchner