Multiple synchronized thread connector

US5503187A · kind A · utility

Inventors

• John M. Simmons · Marion, US
• Tom M. Simmons · Kamas, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 22, 1995
• Grant date: Apr 2, 1996
• Expiry date: Jun 22, 2015

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10S285/901
• WIPO field: Mechanical elements
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A screw-threaded connection incorporates multiple synchronized threads, that is, one connection element has one or more sets of male threads that mates with one or more corresponding sets of female threads on the mating connection element, in customary fashion. Of course, the multiple sets of threads on the mating connection element are synchronized such that their leads are the same, and, of course, the same as the sets of mating multiple synchronized threads. This multiple synchronized thread connection has application to any fluid connector and particularly to fluid connectors in wide-variant temperature deviation, high-pressure, and/or mechanical vibration environments.