Loaded transducer for downhole drilling components

Patent · Tue May 05 00:00:00 EDT 2009

OSTI ID:988157

Hall, David R ^[1]; Fox, Joe ^[2]; Daly, Jeffery E ^[3]

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1. Provo, UT
2. Spanish Fork, UT
3. Cypress, TX

A system for transmitting information between downhole components has a first downhole component with a first mating surface and a second downhole component having a second mating surface configured to substantially mate with the first mating surface. The system also has a first transmission element with a first communicating surface and is mounted within a recess in the first mating surface. The first transmission element also has an angled surface. The recess has a side with multiple slopes for interacting with the angled surface, each slope exerting a different spring force on the first transmission element. A second transmission element has a second communicating surface mounted proximate the second mating surface and adapted to communicate with the first communicating surface.

• Research Organization: National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL), Pittsburgh, PA, Morgantown, WV (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: FC26-01NT41229
• Assignee: IntelliServ International Holding (KY)
• Patent Number(s): 7,528,736
• Application Number: 11/162,103
• OSTI ID: 988157
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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