Pipe joint having coupled adapter
AssigneeIntelliServ, Inc.
InventorAshers Partouche
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Abstract
An adapter for a wired drill pipe joint includes an annular adapter body having a first end, a second end, and an outer recess configured to receive a latch, an annular recess extending partially into the first end of the adapter body, a communication element disposed at least partially within the annular recess, wherein the second end of the adapter body is configured to be coupled to an end portion of a first wired drill pipe joint, and an annular latch coupled to the adapter body and configured to contact the first wired drill pipe joint when the adapter body is coupled to the first wired drill pipe joint and to resist decoupling of the adapter body from the first wired drill pipe joint.
Claims20
An adapter for a wired drill pipe joint, comprising:
- an annular adapter body having a first end, a second end, and an outer recess;
- an annular recess extending partially into the first end of the adapter body;
- a communication element disposed at least partially within the annular recess;
- wherein the second end of the adapter body is configured to be coupled to an end portion of a first wired drill pipe joint;
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- an annular latch coupled to the adapter body and configured to contact the first wired drill pipe joint when the adapter body is coupled to the first wired drill pipe joint and to resist decoupling of the adapter body from the first wired drill pipe joint;
- wherein the latch is received in the outer recess of the adapter body when the adapter body is coupled to the first wired drill pipe joint;
- wherein the annular adapter body and the communication element form a shoulder configured for engagement with a corresponding shoulder of a second wired drill pipe joint to form a rotary shouldered threaded connection between the first wired drill pipe joint and the second wired drill pipe joint.
A method for forming a wired drill pipe joint, comprising:
- coupling an annular adapter body to an end portion of a first wired drill pipe joint;
- disposing a communication element within an annular recess of the adapter body;
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- disposing a latch in a recess positioned between the adapter body and the first wired drill pipe joint;
- wherein coupling the adapter body to an end portion of the first wired drill pipe joint forms an annular shoulder on an end portion of the first wired drill pipe joint that is configured to engage a corresponding annular shoulder of a second wired drill pipe joint for forming a rotary shouldered threaded connection between the first wired drill pipe joint and the second wired drill pipe joint.
A wired drill pipe joint, comprising:
- an annular adapter body having a first end and a second end;
- an annular recess extending partially into the first end of the adapter body;
- a communication element disposed at least partially within the annular recess;
- wherein the second end of the adapter body is configured to be releasably coupled to an end portion of a first wired drill pipe joint;
- a pin coupled to the communication element;
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- a connector disposed within a recess of the first wired drill pipe joint and configured to releasably engage the pin;
- wherein the annular adapter body and the communication element form a shoulder of the first wired drill pipe joint configured for engagement with a corresponding shoulder of a second wired drill pipe joint to form a rotary shouldered threaded connection between the first wired drill pipe joint and the second wired drill pipe joint.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.