	US 12,000,520 B2
	Protector for the ends of an elongate member
Geir Skjevik, Trondheim (NO)
Assigned to Bewi Energy AS, (NO)
Appl. No. 17/291,426
Filed by BEWI ENERGY AS, Hamarvik (NO)
PCT Filed Nov. 6, 2019, PCT No. PCT/GB2019/000156 § 371(c)(1), (2) Date May 5, 2021, PCT Pub. No. WO2020/095016, PCT Pub. Date May 14, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 1818116 (GB), filed on Nov. 6, 2018; application No. 1909268 (GB), filed on Jun. 27, 2019; and application No. 1914630 (GB), filed on Oct. 9, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0003049 A1, Jan. 6, 2022
Int. Cl. F16L 57/00 (2006.01); B25J 15/00 (2006.01); B65D 59/06 (2006.01); E21B 17/00 (2006.01); E21B 17/042 (2006.01); E21B 17/10 (2006.01); E21B 17/12 (2006.01); F16L 55/115 (2006.01); E21B 19/16 (2006.01)

CPC F16L 57/005 (2013.01) [B25J 15/0033 (2013.01); B65D 59/06 (2013.01); E21B 17/006 (2013.01); E21B 17/042 (2013.01); E21B 17/1085 (2013.01); E21B 17/12 (2013.01); F16L 55/115 (2013.01); E21B 19/161 (2013.01)]

20 Claims

1. A protective cap for covering an outer surface of an elongate member, the protective cap comprising:

a rigid base portion having an end section and a tubular wall upstanding from the end section to define a cavity;

an insert portion of flexible, resilient material, inserted into the cavity, an inner surface of the insert portion being for receiving and contacting an end of the elongate member, the inner surface of the insert portion having one or more first ridges; and

whereby, when the end of the elongate member is received within the insert portion the first ridges grip a portion of the outer surface of the elongate member,

the cap defining a central axis surrounded by each of the base portion and the insert position, wherein the first ridges are circular, and

wherein the insert portion comprises an end portion contacting the end section of the base portion, and a plurality of legs connecting the end portion and the one or more first ridges, wherein one or more second ridges are upstanding from an inner surface of the legs.