Downhole concentric wet-mate connector
AssigneeHalliburton Energy Services, Inc.
InventorsDesiderio Naegele Rodrigues, Jorge Arturo Hinostroza Medina, Christian Willian Almeida da Silva
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Abstract
A concentric wet-mate connector assembly can include a male portion having a male electrical contact and a male insulation band positionable on a surface of the male portion. The wet-mate connector assembly can also include a female portion having a female electrical contact and a ceramic female insulation band formable on a surface of the female portion. The female portion the wet-mat connector assembly is positionable to receive the male portion to form an electrical connection with the male portion, where the male insulation band and the ceramic female insulation band together form an insulator chamber of the concentric wet-mate connector assembly.
Claims20
A concentric wet-mate connector assembly comprising:
- a male portion comprising a male electrical contact and a male insulation band positionable on a surface of the male portion;
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- a female portion configured for downhole use comprising a female electrical contact and a ceramic female insulation band formed on a surface of the female portion, wherein the ceramic female insulation band is formed on the surface of the female portion through a shrink fit to create a hermetic seal between the ceramic female insulation band and the surface of the female portion without use of a sealing member between the female portion and the ceramic female insulation band, wherein the female portion is positionable to coaxially receive the male portion to form an electrical connection with the male portion, and wherein the male insulation band and the ceramic female insulation band together form an insulator chamber of the concentric wet-mate connector assembly.
A system comprising:
- a control line positionable in a wellbore;
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- a concentric wet-mate connector assembly couplable with the control line and positionable in a downhole portion of the wellbore, the concentric wet-mate connector assembly comprising:
- a male portion comprising a male electrical contact and a male insulation band formed on a surface of the male portion;
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- a female portion comprising a female electrical contact and a ceramic female insulation band formed on a surface of the female portion, wherein the ceramic female insulation band is formed on the surface of the female portion through a shrink fit to create a hermetic seal between the ceramic female insulation band and the surface of the female portion without use of a sealing member between the female portion and the ceramic female insulation band, wherein the female portion is positionable to coaxially receive the male portion to form an electrical connection with the male portion, and wherein the male insulation band and the ceramic female insulation band together form an insulator chamber of the concentric wet-mate connector assembly.
A female portion of a concentric wet-mate connector assembly for downhole use comprising:
- a female electrical contact;
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- a ceramic female insulation band formed on a surface of the female portion through shrink fit to create a hermetic seal between the ceramic female insulation band and the surface of the female portion without use of a sealing member between the female portion and the ceramic female insulation band, wherein the female portion is configured for downhole use and positionable to coaxially receive a male portion of the concentric wet-mate connector assembly to form an electrical connection with the male portion, and wherein the ceramic female insulation band is positionable with a male insulation band to form an insulator chamber of the concentric wet-mate connector assembly.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.