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US 7,216,719 B2Granted
Field weldable connections
AssigneeSchlumberger Technology Corporation
InventorsHebah Ahmed, Harjit S. Kohli, Ben A. Donnell
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Abstract
An apparatus includes a weld coupling and a thermal insulator. The weld coupling is adapted to be welded to an outer housing of a first cable segment to couple the first cable segment to a second cable segment. The thermal insulator is adapted to prevent thermal damage to a communication line of the first cable segment when the weld coupling is welded to the outer housing.
Claims19
An apparatus comprising:
- a weld coupling adapted to be welded to an outer housing of a first cable segment to couple the first cable segment to a second cable segment;
- and
- a thermally insulative material adapted to prevent thermal damage to a communication line of the first cable segment when the weld coupling is welded to the outer housing.
A method comprising:
- providing a weld coupling adapted to be welded to a first cable segment and a second cable segment to couple the first and second cable segments together;
- and
- using a thermally insulative material to prevent thermal damage to a communication line of the first cable segment when the weld coupling is welded to at least one of the first cable segment and the second cable segment.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.