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US 10,119,343 B2Granted
Inductive coupling
AssigneeSanvean Technologies LLC
InventorsJunichi Sugiura, Stephen Jones
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Abstract
An inductive coupler includes a first transceiver electrically coupled to a first coil through a first tuning circuit. The inductive coupler may also include a second transceiver electrically coupled to a second coil through a second tuning circuit, where the second coil is positioned substantially concentric with the first coil.
Claims12
A downhole tool comprising:
- a collar including a primary collar and an intermediate collar;
- a probe positioned within the collar;
- a collar transceiver positioned within the primary collar, the collar transceiver electrically coupled to a male coil through a collar tuning circuit;
- a probe transceiver positioned within the probe, the probe transceiver electrically coupled to a probe coil through a probe tuning circuit;
- a female coil positioned within the intermediate collar;
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- a collar coil positioned within the intermediate collar, the collar coil electrically coupled to the female coil through an intermediate tuning circuit;
- wherein the collar transceiver, collar tuning circuit, male coil, female coil, intermediate tuning circuit, collar coil, probe coil, probe tuning circuit, and probe transceiver are arranged in series.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.