Connection structure between pipe body and joint of aluminum alloy drill pipe

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10184596-B2
Application number	US-201514933325-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 5, 2015
Priority date	Dec 5, 2014
Publication date	Jan 22, 2019
Grant date	Jan 22, 2019

Abstract

A connection structure between a pipe body and a joint of an aluminum alloy drill pipe comprises a first joint portion located at an end of the aluminum alloy pipe body and a second joint portion, wherein the first joint portion comprises an external cone section, an external threaded section and a first seal end face sequentially provided from inside to outside thereof, and a taper of the external cone section is smaller than that of the external threaded section; wherein the second joint portion is cylindrical and comprises an internal cone section fitted with the external cone section, an internal threaded section fitted with the external threaded section, a second seal end face, an elevator shoulder face, and a concave arc transition section between the internal cone section and the internal threaded section.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A connection structure between a pipe body and a joint of an aluminum alloy drill pipe, comprising a first joint portion located at an end of the pipe body and a second joint portion located at an end of the joint,
wherein the first joint portion comprises an external cone section, an external threaded section and a first seal end face sequentially provided from inside to outside thereof, the external threaded section is a cone threaded section, and a taper of the external cone section is smaller than that of the external threaded section;
wherein the second joint portion is cylindrical and comprises an internal cone section, an internal threaded section and a second seal end face sequentially fitted with the first joint portion; the cylindrical second joint portion comprises a concave arc transition section provided between the internal cone section and the internal threaded section for adapting to plastic deformation of the internal cone section, and an elevator shoulder face provided outside the second joint portion at the same axial position as the concave arc transition section, so that the internal cone section has a reduced thickness with an outer surface of the internal cone section being radially inward relative to a remaining outer surface of the second joint portion; and
when the first joint portion and the second portion are connected to each other, the internal cone section is plastically deformed to be expanded, and the concave arc transition section is plastically elongated to compensate for the deformation of the internal cone section, so that a thread connection between the internal threaded section and the external threaded section is not influenced by the deformation of the internal cone section; and when a screwing-on torque reaches an expected value, the first seal end face and the second seal end face contact each other to generate an expected contact pressure,
wherein the internal cone section being plastically deformed to be expanded is due to a wall thickness of the internal cone section being far smaller than that of the external cone section, a radial stress between the external cone section and the internal cone section exceeds a yield strength of a material of the second joint portion, and thus a large static friction force is generated between the internal cone section and the external cone section, thereby achieving a purpose of increasing a screwing-off torque and sealing property.

2. The connection structure between the pipe body and the joint of the aluminum alloy drill pipe according to claim 1 , wherein an amount of interference between the external cone section and the internal cone section is 0.08 mm to 0.12 mm, and threads of the external threaded section ( 12 ) are matched with those of the internal threaded section.

3. The connection structure between the pipe body and the joint of the aluminum alloy drill pipe according to claim 1 , wherein a concave arc of the concave arc transition section has a radius of 10 mm.

4. The connection structure between the pipe body and the joint of the aluminum alloy drill pipe according to claim 1 , wherein the elevator shoulder face has a radial thickness of 8 mm.

5. The connection structure between the pipe body and the joint of the aluminum alloy drill pipe according to claim 1 , wherein an arc of the concave arc transition section opens toward an axis of the second joint portion.

6. The connection structure between the pipe body and the joint of the aluminum alloy drill pipe according to claim 1 , wherein tapers of both the external cone section and the internal cone section are 1:10.

7. The connection structure between the pipe body and the joint of the aluminum alloy drill pipe according to claim 1 , wherein tapers of both the external threaded section and the internal threaded section are 1:8.

8. The connection structure between the pipe body and the joint of the aluminum alloy drill pipe according to claim 1 , wherein a length of the external threaded section is equal to that of the internal threaded section.

Assignees

• China Nat Petroleum Corp
• Cnpc Tubular Goods Res Institute

Inventors

• Liu Yonggang
• Li Fangpo
• Shi Qi
• Feng Chun

Classifications

• F16L15/04 Primary

  with additional sealings · CPC title

• E21B17/042 Primary

  Threaded · CPC title

• F16L15/00 Primary

  Screw-threaded joints; Forms of screw-threads for such joints · CPC title

• E21B17/02

  Couplings; joints {(expandable couplings or joints E21B43/106)} · CPC title