Method for bonding a transmission line to a downhole tool

Patent · Tue Nov 06 00:00:00 EST 2007

OSTI ID:919852

Hall, David R ^[1]; Fox, Joe ^[2]

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1. Provo, UT
2. Spanish Fork, UT

An apparatus for bonding a transmission line to the central bore of a downhole tool includes a pre-formed interface for bonding a transmission line to the inside diameter of a downhole tool. The pre-formed interface includes a first surface that substantially conforms to the outside contour of a transmission line and a second surface that substantially conforms to the inside diameter of a downhole tool. In another aspect of the invention, a method for bonding a transmission line to the inside diameter of a downhole tool includes positioning a transmission line near the inside wall of a downhole tool and placing a mold near the transmission line and the inside wall. The method further includes injecting a bonding material into the mold and curing the bonding material such that the bonding material bonds the transmission line to the inside wall.

• Research Organization: National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL), Pittsburgh, PA, Morgantown, WV (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: FC26-01NT41229
• Assignee: IntelliServ, Inc. (Provo, UT)
• Patent Number(s): 7,291,303
• Application Number: 10/707,673
• OSTI ID: 919852
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English