| SUNSTONE TECHNOLOGIES, LLC Patent applications |
| Patent application number | Title | Published |
| 20120012301 | Electrical Wiring for Drill Pipe, Casing, and Tubing - An apparatus includes a first pin and a second pin. The first pin has a first joint section. The first joint section has first holes extending a length of the first joint section and terminating at a first preload face. The second pin has a second joint section. The second joint section has second holes extending a length of the first joint section and terminating at a second preload face. The second joint section is adapted to receive the first joint section and the first holes match the second holes when the first pin and the second pin are mated. | 01-19-2012 |
| 20110180273 | Tapered Spline Connection for Drill Pipe, Casing, and Tubing - An apparatus comprises a first number of splines located near a first end of a first joint section and a second number of splines located near a second end of a second joint section. The first number of splines extends in an axial direction of the first joint section and spans a circumferential surface of the first joint section. Each of the first number of splines has a base, a tip, and a pair of flanks that extends from the base to the tip and forms an acute angle. Each of the first number of splines are configured to be received between adjacent pairs of splines in the second number of splines as the first end of the first joint section and the second end of the second joint section are joined. | 07-28-2011 |