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US 2017/0362902 A1Published application
Rope socket assembly and wireline logging heads including same
AssigneeSchlumberger Technology Corporation
InventorPierre-Olivier Gourmelon
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Abstract
A rope socket assembly, wireline logging heads that include the rope socket assembly, and processes for assembling same. In some examples, the rope socket assembly for a wireline logging head can include a housing, a retainer, a rope socket, a separator, a seal, a pressure cap, a sleeve, a pressure compensating piston at least partially disposed about the sleeve, an electrical bulkhead housing disposed within the sleeve, and a conductor bundle disposed within the electrical bulkhead housing. The conductor bundle can include a plurality of terminals configured to receive a plurality of wires from a wireline and form an electrical connection therebetween. Each terminal can be configured to seal a terminal end of one of the plurality of wires from the wireline.
Claims20
A rope socket assembly for a wireline logging head, comprising:
- a housing comprising a body having a bore formed therethrough and an end cap coupled to a first end of the body;
- a retainer at least partially disposed within the bore proximate a second end of the body, wherein the retainer is configured to secure a wireline therein, the wireline comprising a plurality of individual wires;
- a rope socket disposed within the bore and having a first end and a second end, wherein the first end of the rope socket is adjacent the retainer, and wherein the rope socket is configured to receive the plurality of individual wires;
- a separator at least partially disposed within the rope socket and configured to separate the plurality of individual wires;
- a seal at least partially disposed within the rope socket;
- a pressure cap coupled to the second end of the rope socket, thereby compressing the seal and retaining the separator at least partially within the rope socket;
- a sleeve disposed within the bore adjacent the second end of the rope socket, wherein a pressure compensating piston is at least partially disposed about the sleeve, and wherein an electrical bulkhead housing is disposed within the sleeve;
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- a conductor bundle disposed within the electrical bulkhead housing, wherein the conductor bundle comprises a plurality of terminals configured to receive the plurality of wires and form an electrical connection therebetween, wherein each terminal is configured to seal a terminal end of one of the plurality of wires, and wherein the end cap secures the conductor bundle within the electrical bulkhead housing.
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A wireline logging head, comprising:
- a rope socket assembly comprising:
- a housing comprising a body having a bore formed therethrough and an end cap coupled to a first end of the body;
- a retainer at least partially disposed within the bore proximate a second end of the body, wherein the retainer is configured to secure a wireline therein, the wireline comprising a plurality of individual wires;
- a rope socket disposed within the bore and having a first end and a second end, wherein the first end of the rope socket is adjacent the retainer, and wherein the rope socket is configured to receive the plurality of individual wires;
- a separator at least partially disposed within the rope socket and configured to separate the plurality of individual wires;
- a seal at least partially disposed within the rope socket;
- a pressure cap coupled to the second end of the rope socket, thereby compressing the seal and retaining the separator at least partially within the rope socket;
- a sleeve disposed within the bore adjacent the second end of the rope socket, wherein a pressure compensating piston is at least partially disposed about the sleeve, and wherein an electrical bulkhead housing is disposed within the sleeve;
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- a conductor bundle disposed within the electrical bulkhead housing, wherein the conductor bundle comprises a plurality of terminals configured to receive the plurality of wires to form an electrical connection therebetween, and wherein each terminal in the plurality of terminals comprises a seal that seals a terminal end of one of the plurality of wires, and wherein the end cap secures the conductor bundle within the electrical bulkhead housing;
- a load cell having a first end and a second end, wherein the first end of the load cell is coupled to the end cap of the housing of the rope socket;
- a lower housing having a first section detachably coupled to a second section, wherein the first section of the lower housing is coupled to the second end of the load cell;
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- an electronics cartridge at least partially disposed within the second section of the lower housing.
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A process for assembling a wireline logging head, comprising:
- coupling a first end of a load cell to an end cap of a housing of a rope socket assembly;
- coupling a first section of a lower housing to a second end of the load cell, wherein the lower housing comprises the first section and a second section that are detachably coupled to one another;
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- disposing an electronics cartridge within the second section of the lower housing,
- wherein the rope socket assembly comprises:
- a housing comprising a body having a bore formed therethrough and an end cap coupled to a first end of the body;
- a retainer at least partially disposed within the bore proximate a second end of the body, wherein the retainer is configured to secure a wireline therein, the wireline comprising a plurality of individual wires;
- a rope socket disposed within the bore and having a first end and a second end, wherein the first end of the rope socket is adjacent the retainer, and wherein the rope socket is configured to receive the plurality of individual wires;
- a separator at least partially disposed within the rope socket and configured to separate the plurality of individual wires;
- a seal at least partially disposed within the rope socket;
- a pressure cap coupled to the second end of the rope socket, thereby compressing the seal and retaining the separator at least partially within the rope socket;
- a sleeve disposed within the bore adjacent the second end of the rope socket, wherein a pressure compensating piston is at least partially disposed about the sleeve, and wherein an electrical bulkhead housing is disposed within the sleeve;
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- a conductor bundle disposed within the electrical bulkhead housing, wherein the conductor bundle comprises a plurality of terminals configured to receive the plurality of wires to form an electrical connection therebetween, wherein each terminal is configured to seal a terminal end of one of the plurality of wires, and wherein the end cap secures the conductor bundle within the electrical bulkhead housing.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.