Patent ID: 6464439
Filing Date: 2002-10-15
Classification: F16B

Abstract:
A threaded member comprising a body and a portion of said body on which threads are formed; said threaded portion of said body having a first threaded section, a second threaded section, and a third threaded section; said first and third threaded section having standard threads, said standard threads comprising roots, flanks, and crests, said roots and crests defining diameters; said second section being between said first and third sections and having threads in which a portion of said threads are raised relative to said standard threads; said raised sections defining bumps having a raised root, a raised flank, and a raised crest, said raised root and raised crest defining a diameter; the raised root and raised crest having diameters different from the standard root and standard crest, respectively, said threaded member being threadedly engageable with a second threaded member, the raised threads of said threaded member being sized in order to sustain a zero tolerance of looseness between the raised threads of the threaded member and the threads of the second threaded member.