Patent ID: 6135509
Filing Date: 2000-10-24
Classification: F16L,Y10T

Abstract:
A collar and tendon assembly for preventing unthreading of a threaded connection assembly including a threaded male connector and a threaded female connector, comprising:a collar member with a non-circular center opening dimensioned to slide onto a non-circular section of one of the male and the female connectors, the collar member being adapted to interengage with the non-circular section of one of the male and the female connectors in a manner limiting relative rotation therebetween, the collar member further including an axially extending and an inwardly extending projection therefrom adapted to protrude radially inwardly into a recess provided in the connection assembly in a manner limiting axial movement of the collar member along the connection assembly in order to maintain the collar member in interengagement with the non-circular section of one of the male and the female connectors; andat least one tendon secured at one end to the collar member and adapted for securing at the other end to a structure preventing rotation of the collar member and the one of the male and the female connector in a direction unthreading the connector-member upon which the collar member is mounted upon securement of the other end of the tendon to the structure.