DRILLING RISER FLANGES AND ASSEMBLIES WITH CONTOURED BEARING SURFACES TO REDUCE SHEAR IN CONNECTORS

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United States of America Patent

APP PUB NO 20170175937A1
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15128770

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This disclosure includes riser flange assemblies and related methods. Some assemblies include first and second flanges each defining a plurality of counterbored bolt holes and having a plurality of concave bearing surfaces each disposed around one of the counterbored bolt holes, a plurality of bolts each having a head and a male threaded portion, a plurality of washers each having a convex bearing surface configured to correspond to the concave bearing surface of a bolt hole when one of the bolts extends through the washer and the bolt hole and a plurality of nuts each having a convex bearing surface and a female threaded portion configured to receive the male threaded portion of one of the bolts, the convex bearing surface configured to correspond to the concave bearing surface of a bolt hole when one of the bolts extends through the bolt hole and is received in the nut.

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GRANT PRIDECO INC7909 PARKWOOD CIRCLE DRIVE HOUSTON TX 77036

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
FRACZEK, Justin Houston, US 29 150

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