Patent ID: 8668233

Claim:
A threaded connection comprising: a pin member comprising a pin thread having a pin thread crest, a pin thread root, a pin load flank, and a pin stab flank; a box member comprising a box thread having a box thread crest, a box thread root, a box load flank, and a box stab flank, a pin nose clearance gap; a box face clearance gap; and a mid-thread clearance gap; wherein at one end of the mid-thread clearance gap the pin stab flank has a perturbation formed thereon and at another end of the mid-thread clearance gap, the box stab flank has a perturbation formed thereon, wherein upon make-up of the pin member with the box member, the mid-thread clearance gap has a smaller clearance gap than either the pin nose clearance gap and the box face clearance gap.