CORROSION RESISTANT CONNECTION FOR USE WITH TUBULAR MEMBERS

摘要

A corrosion-resistant connection (10) for use with tubular members having externally threaded ends. The connection includes a stress-bearing sleeve member (12) having an interior surface (22) and an exterior surface; and a fiber-filled polymeric composite shell (26) having at least one internally threaded portion (46) therein, the composite shell molded to the sleeve so as to be coaxially aligned and in close conforming contact with at least a substantial portion of the interior surface of the sleeve member. The composite shell has a thickness of greater than about 0.04 inches.