Patent ID: 8375995

Claim:
A protective device for a male end of a component of a threaded tubular connection for drilling and working hydrocarbon wells, externally provided with at least one threading and including a free terminal portion, said device comprising: i) a protector body produced in a form of a first sleeve and arranged to protect at least part of said external threading and said free terminal portion; ii) a sealing element configured to be positioned in contact firstly with said component, at least at a portion located downstream of said external threading of the male end, and secondly with the protector body, so as to provide a first seal downstream of said external threading; and iii) fixing means for displacing said sealing element and/or said protector body radially towards said component defining open and closed positions of the device in which the sealing element and/or the protector body are respectively not in contact and in tight contact with said component, and wherein the first seal is obtained in the closed position of said device, wherein said sealing element is produced in a form of a second sleeve, wherein said second sleeve is configured to be interposed between said male end and said first sleeve over at least a portion of an axial length of said first sleeve, and wherein said fixing means comprises a circumferential clamping means disposed about the protector body and arranged to radially displace said sealing element towards and into contact with said component and to immobilize said protector body and said sealing element with respect to said male end in the closed position.