Shock mitigator
AssigneeSchlumberger Technology Corporation
InventorsFahira Sangare, John E. Fuller
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Abstract
An assembly with a shock inducing tool and shock sensitive components. The assembly includes a shock mitigator that is constructed in a manner that allows a communication line to stretch across an interface of the mitigator between a housing for the components and the shock inducing tool. So, for example, where the tool is a perforating gun, power and/or communication with the tool need not be sacrificed for in exchange for safeguarding electronic components of the housing with the mitigator.
Claims20
A shock mitigator comprising:
- a first member;
- a second member adjacent said first member;
- a plurality of shock mitigating implements disposed at an interface between said members and securing said members together;
- and
- a line traversing the interface between said members along a recess into a surface of at least one of said members.
The mitigator of claim 5 wherein said elastomeric tubing is a synthetic rubber of between about 10 and about 15 durometer hardness.
A shock inducing application assembly comprising:
- a shock sensitive component housing;
- a shock inducing tool;
- and
- a shock mitigator disposed between and coupled to each of said housing and said tool, said mitigator comprising adjacent members with an interface therebetween to accommodate a communication line therethrough and a plurality of shock mitigating implements securing the members together.
A method of performing a shock inducing application in a well, the method comprising:
- deploying a shock inducing tool of an assembly into the well;
- communicating from equipment at an oilfield surface accommodating the well to the tool;
- carrying out the shock inducing application;
- and
- absorbing shock-related energy of the application to safeguard shock sensitive components of the assembly during said carrying out of the application.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.