# US 2025/0084708 A1 · Wet connect, method, and system > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2025/0084708 A1 - Document ID: US20250084708A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 18/466,477 - Filed: 2023-09-13 - Published: 2025-03-13 - Earliest claimed: 2023-09-13 - Assignees: Baker Hughes Oilfield Operations LLC - Applicants: Baker Hughes Oilfield Operations LLC - Inventors: Yuh Loh; David Bishop; Marc Samuelson - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20250084708A1 ## CPC - E21B 17/0285: {characterised by electrically insulating elements} - E21B 17/023: {Arrangements for connecting cables or wirelines to downhole devices} - E21B 17/028: {Electrical or electro-magnetic connections} - H01R 13/523: for use under water - E21B 17/026: {Arrangements for fixing cables or wirelines to the outside of downhole devices} - H01R 13/533: Bases, cases made for use in extreme conditions, e.g. high temperature, radiation, vibration, corrosive environment, pressure (H01R13/52 takes precedence) - E21B: EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS - H01R: ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS ## Abstract A wet connect, including a first component having a first signal conductor, a first connector operably connected to the first signal conductor, a second component having a second signal conductor, and a mating connector operably connected to the second signal conductor. A method for wet connecting components including running a second component into connection with a first component without orienting the second component to the first component. A wellbore system, including a borehole in a subsurface formation, a string in the borehole, a wet connect, disposed within or as a part of the string. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A wet connect, comprising: a first component having a first signal conductor; a first connector operably connected to the first signal conductor; a second component having a second signal conductor; and a mating connector operably connected to the second signal conductor. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The wet connect as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first connector is a plurality of first connectors each electrically connected to a different signal conductor and the mating connector is a plurality of mating connectors each configured to mate with one of the first connectors. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The wet connect as claimed in claim 1, wherein the mating connector is annular. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The wet connect as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first signal conductor is a hydraulic line. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The wet connect as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first signal conductor is an electric line. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The wet connect as claimed in claim 1, wherein the wet connect is orientationless. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The wet connect as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first connector and the mating connector are concentric. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The wet connect as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a manifold. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The wet connect as claimed in claim 8, wherein the manifold is pressure compensated. ### Claim 10 (depends on 8) The wet connect as claimed in claim 8, wherein the manifold electrically isolatingly supports a conductor pin. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The wet connect as claimed in claim 10, wherein the conductor pin is radially extending. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The wet connect as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a manifold of the first component and a manifold of the second component. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The wet connect as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first connector includes an electrically conductive portion that is electrically connected to the first signal conductor and electrically isolated from other portions of the first component. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The wet connect as claimed in claim 13, wherein the first connector comprises a first ring of insulating material, a ring of conductive material axially adjacent the first ring of insulating material and a second ring of insulating material axially adjacent to the ring of conductive material and spaced from the first ring of insulating material, the first and second rings of insulating material being attached to the ring of conductive material. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The wet connect as claimed in claim 14, wherein the first and second rings of material are bonded to the ring of conductive material. ### Claim 16 (depends on 14) The wet connect as claimed in claim 14, wherein the first and second rings of material are mechanically interlocked with the ring of conductive material. ### Claim 17 (depends on 1) The wet connect as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first component is a lower completion (LC). ### Claim 18 (depends on 1) The wet connect as claimed in claim 1, wherein the second component is an upper completion (UC). ### Claim 19 A method for wet connecting components comprising: running a second component into connection with a first component without orienting the second component to the first component. ### Claim 20 (depends on 19) The method as claimed in claim 19, wherein the running into connection is repeatable interspersed by breaking the connection. ### Claim 21 (depends on 1) A wellbore system, comprising: a borehole in a subsurface formation; a string in the borehole; a wet connect, as claimed in claim 1, disposed within or as a part of the string.