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US 10,329,871 B2Granted
Distintegrable wet connector cover
AssigneeBaker Hughes, A Ge Company, LLC
InventorsJames King, Marc Samuelson
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Abstract
A method of protecting a component in a wet environment includes disposing a component into a wet environment, deploying a granulated disintegrable material into the wet environment and temporarily covering a portion of the component with the granulated disintegrable material, at least partially disintegrating the granulated disintegrable material, and flushing the granulated disintegrable material away from the portion.
Claims20
A method of protecting a component in a downhole environment, comprising:
- disposing the component into the downhole environment, wherein the component includes a wet connection device having a first wet connector configured to engage a second wet connector of another component;
- deploying a granulated disintegrable material into the downhole environment separately from the component and temporarily covering a portion of the component with the granulated disintegrable material;
- at least partially disintegrating the granulated disintegrable material;
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- flushing the granulated disintegrable material away from the portion.
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A system for protecting a component in a downhole environment, comprising:
- the component, wherein the component includes a wet connection device having a first wet connector configured to engage a second wet connector of another component;
- a deployment device configured to deploy a granulated disintegrable material into the downhole environment after deploying the component and temporarily cover a portion of the component in the downhole environment with the granulated disintegrable material;
- a triggering device configured to at least partially disintegrate the granulated disintegrable material;
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- a fluid control device configured to flush the granulated disintegrable material away from the portion.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.