FLEXIBLE COUPLING FOR WELL LOGGING INSTRUMENTS
    1.
    发明申请
    FLEXIBLE COUPLING FOR WELL LOGGING INSTRUMENTS 有权
    用于井下记录仪的灵活耦合

    公开(公告)号:US20090266535A1

    公开(公告)日:2009-10-29

    申请号:US12109687

    申请日:2008-04-25

    IPC分类号: E21B17/02

    CPC分类号: E21B17/206 E21B17/028

    摘要: A flexible coupling for well logging instruments includes a housing coupled at one longitudinal end to one end of a second housing. Each of the housings defines a sealed interior chamber. The housings are coupled to enable angular deflection between respective longitudinal axes thereof. A conduit extends between the housings. The conduit is sealingly engaged to each housing such that longitudinal ends of the conduit are substantially positionally fixed with respect to each housing. The conduit is formed from material and has dimensions selected to withstand at least a same hydrostatic pressure as each of the housings. The conduit includes a bending strain distribution feature configured such that at a maximum angular deflection between housings a bending strain in the conduit is at most equal to an elastic limit of the conduit.

    摘要翻译: 用于测井仪器的柔性联轴器包括在一个纵向端部连接到第二壳体的一端的壳体。 每个壳体限定了密封的内部室。 壳体被联接以能够在其相应的纵向轴线之间进行角度偏转。 导管在壳体之间延伸。 导管密封地接合到每个壳体,使得导管的纵向端部相对于每个壳体基本上位置地固定。 导管由材料形成并且具有选定的尺寸以承受与每个壳体至少相同的静水压力。 导管包括弯曲应变分布特征,其被配置为使得在壳体之间的最大角度偏转下,导管中的弯曲应变最多等于导管的弹性极限。

    Method and system for determining and controlling position of valve
    2.
    发明授权
    Method and system for determining and controlling position of valve 有权
    确定和控制阀门位置的方法和系统

    公开(公告)号:US07195033B2

    公开(公告)日:2007-03-27

    申请号:US10373146

    申请日:2003-02-24

    IPC分类号: F16K37/00

    摘要: Apparatuses and methods for accurately determining the position of a sliding or rotational sleeve valve in real time are disclosed. The apparatus comprises fiber optic cable based sensors which are either linearly or circumferentially arrayed in the housing that surrounds the sleeve and which can comprise bare cable or cable having fiber Bragg gratings (FBGs). As the sleeve slides or rotates within the housing, the sensors in the arrays are deformed, and this deformation can be correlated to sleeve position by assessing the sensor's reflectivity profiles. Deformation of the sensors is achieved by various mechanical and/or magnetic schemes incorporated into the sleeve.

    摘要翻译: 公开了用于精确地确定滑动或旋转套筒阀的位置的装置和方法。 该设备包括基于光纤电缆的传感器,其在围绕套筒的壳体中线性地或周向排列,并且可以包括具有光纤布拉格光栅(FBG)的裸线缆或电缆。 当套筒在壳体内滑动或旋转时,阵列中的传感器变形,并且通过评估传感器的反射率曲线,该变形可以与套筒位置相关。 传感器的变形通过结合到套筒中的各种机械和/或磁性方案实现。

    Flexible coupling for well logging instruments
    3.
    发明授权
    Flexible coupling for well logging instruments 有权
    测井仪器的柔性联轴器

    公开(公告)号:US08316703B2

    公开(公告)日:2012-11-27

    申请号:US12109687

    申请日:2008-04-25

    IPC分类号: E21B47/12

    CPC分类号: E21B17/206 E21B17/028

    摘要: A flexible coupling for well logging instruments includes a housing coupled at one longitudinal end to one end of a second housing. Each of the housings defines a sealed interior chamber. The housings are coupled to enable angular deflection between respective longitudinal axes thereof. A conduit extends between the housings. The conduit is sealingly engaged to each housing such that longitudinal ends of the conduit are substantially positionally fixed with respect to each housing. The conduit is formed from material and has dimensions selected to withstand at least a same hydrostatic pressure as each of the housings. The conduit includes a bending strain distribution feature configured such that at a maximum angular deflection between housings a bending strain in the conduit is at most equal to an elastic limit of the conduit.

    摘要翻译: 用于测井仪器的柔性联轴器包括在一个纵向端部连接到第二壳体的一端的壳体。 每个壳体限定了密封的内部室。 壳体被联接以能够在其相应的纵向轴线之间进行角度偏转。 导管在两个壳体之间延伸。 导管密封地接合到每个壳体,使得导管的纵向端部相对于每个壳体基本上位置地固定。 导管由材料形成并且具有选定的尺寸以承受与每个壳体至少相同的静水压力。 导管包括弯曲应变分布特征,其被配置为使得在壳体之间的最大角度偏转下,导管中的弯曲应变最多等于导管的弹性极限。

    Methods and systems for optical endpoint detection of a sliding sleeve valve
    4.
    发明授权
    Methods and systems for optical endpoint detection of a sliding sleeve valve 失效
    滑动套管阀的光学端点检测方法和系统

    公开(公告)号:US07000698B2

    公开(公告)日:2006-02-21

    申请号:US10408585

    申请日:2003-04-07

    IPC分类号: E21B47/09

    摘要: Methods and systems for optical endpoint detection of a sliding sleeve valve are disclosed. The system comprises fiber optic cable based sensors (e.g., fiber Bragg gratings or fiber optic coils) positioned in a recess within the valve's housing and affixed proximate to the ends of the cavity in which the sleeve travels. When the sleeve reaches the ends of the cavity, it imparts a stress onto an area of the housing, which preferably constitutes a protrusion within the cavity, which in turn stresses the sensor and changes its reflection profile. This change in reflection profile indicates that the sleeve has traveled to an end point inside the valve, and accordingly that the valve is fully open or fully closed.

    摘要翻译: 公开了用于滑动套筒阀的光学端点检测的方法和系统。 该系统包括位于阀壳体内的凹槽中的基于光纤电缆的传感器(例如,光纤布拉格光栅或光纤线圈),并且靠近腔体所在的空腔端部固定。 当套筒到达腔体的端部时,其向壳体的区域施加应力,该区域优选地构成空腔内的突起,其又应力传感器并改变其反射轮廓。 反射曲线的这种变化表明套筒已经行进到阀内的终点,因此阀完全打开或完全关闭。

    Actuator apparatus and method for downhole completion tools
    5.
    发明授权
    Actuator apparatus and method for downhole completion tools 有权
    井下完井工具的执行机构及方法

    公开(公告)号:US06176318B1

    公开(公告)日:2001-01-23

    申请号:US09262237

    申请日:1999-03-04

    IPC分类号: E21B2300

    摘要: An actuator apparatus for actuating a downhole well tool according to which a housing extends in the well and a tool to be actuated is disposed in the housing. A drive member is connected to the tool for operating the tool, and an actuator system is disposed in the housing and is normally connected to the drive member for driving the drive member and operating the tool. In the event the actuator system fails, an additional actuator system is disposed in the housing and is adapted to be connected to the drive member for also driving the drive member and operating the tool.

    摘要翻译: 一种用于致动井下井工具的致动器装置,壳体在井中延伸,并且待致动的工具设置在壳体中。 驱动构件连接到用于操作工具的工具,并且致动器系统设置在壳体中并且通常连接到驱动构件,用于驱动驱动构件并操作工具。 在致动器系统发生故障的情况下,附加致动器系统设置在壳体中并且适于连接到驱动构件以用于驱动驱动构件并操作工具。