Single connector for shunt conduits on well tool
AssigneeMobil Oil Corporation
InventorsLarry L. Cox, Tommy J. Yates
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Abstract
A well tool (e.g. well screen) having a single connector for fluidly connecting the shunt conduits carried by adjacent joints of a well tool to thereby eliminate the need for separate, individual connectors. The single connector is slidably mounted on the central conduit of one of the joints and has a plurality of passages therethrough, each of which is adapted to receive a respective shunt conduit on one of the adjacent joints. After the central conduits of two adjacent joints are coupled together, the single connector is moved whereby the upper ends of the respective shunts on one joint enter the lower ends of the respective passages to thereby fluidly connect the respective shunt conduits. The single connector is then secured in a connected position.
Claims8
A well tool comprising:
- at least two joints, each of said joints comprising:
- a central conduit;
- and
- a plurality of parallel, axially-extending shunt conduits carried by central conduit;
- means for connecting said central conduits of said at least two joints together whereby said plurality of shunt conduits on one of said joints will be axially aligned respectively with said plurality of shunt conduits on the other of said joints;
- and
- a single connector for fluidly connecting respectively each of said plurality of shunt conduits on said one joint to each of said plurality of shunt conduits on said other joint;
- said single connector comprising:
- a body positioned on said central conduit of said one joint, said body having a central bore adapted to receive said central conduit of said one joint when said body is positioned on said one joint;
- and
- a plurality of passages axially extending through said body, each of said passages adapted to receive a respective one of said plurality of shunt conduits on said one joint into a first end of said passage and a respective one of said plurality of shunt conduits on said other joint into the other end of said passage to thereby fluidly connect said respective aligned shunt conduits when said single connector is in a connected position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.