Term #1,932
threading
Claim Term
threading
Reference Case 1
RMT-1PROV
Date Added
10/17/22
Created
10/17/22, 8:46 PM
Modified
10/17/22, 8:46 PM
Full Desc
"Threading" refers to a machining process that forms a set of one or more threads onto or within a workpiece.The threads formed can be external and on a surface of a workpiece or internal and within a hole, channel, or passage of the workpiece. Threading may form one or more helical threads and/or one or more conical threads. In certain embodiments, threading can form tapered threads or parallel threads along a length of the workpiece. Threads formed using threading may have a variety of profiles including metric, american national (unified), 60 degree stub, square, acme, stub acme, buttress, knuckle, whitworth, and the like. Threading may form unified coarse threads (UNC), unified coarse threads (UNF), 8-UN threads (8 thread), American Taper Pipe Thread or National Pipe Thread (NPT), American Taper Pipe Thread for dryseal without sealant compound or National Pipe Taper Fue (NPTF), or the like.