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US 5,251,708 AGranted
Modular connector for measurement-while-drilling tool
AssigneeBaker Hughes Incorporated
InventorsCarl A. Perry, Mark Wassell, George Talmadge, John Grunbeck
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Abstract
A downhole tool for use in measurement-while-drilling applications includes modular ring connectors on opposed ends thereof with the ring connectors being interconnected by a single bus for delivering both power and ground.
Claims16
A measurement-while-drilling tool comprising:
- a drill collar sub having a sub wall and having opposed ends;
- a bus substantially through the length of said sub, said bus transmitting at least one of power and signals;
- a first ring connector on one of said opposed ends and a second ring connector on the other of said opposed ends, said first and second ring connectors being in electrical communication with said bus;
- an insulative ring partially surrounding each of said ring connectors and being disposed in an annular groove in each end of said sub;
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- first anti-rotation anchor means extending from each of said ring connectors and preventing rotation of said ring connectors.
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A measurement-while-drilling tool comprising:
- a drill collar sub having a sub wall and having opposed ends;
- a bus substantially through the length of said sub, said bus transmitting at least one of power and signals;
- a first ring connector on one of said opposed ends and a second ring connector on the other of said opposed ends, said first and second ring connectors being in electrical communication with said bus;
- an insulative ring partially surrounding each of said ring connectors and being disposed in an annular groove in each end of said sub;
- first anti-rotation anchor means extending from each of said insulative rings and preventing rotation of said insulative rings.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.