Electrical coupling for a multisection conduit such as a drill pipe
    2.
    发明授权
    Electrical coupling for a multisection conduit such as a drill pipe 失效
    用于诸如钻杆的多段导管的电耦合

    公开(公告)号:US06123561A

    公开(公告)日:2000-09-26

    申请号:US115031

    申请日:1998-07-14

    摘要: A coupling that makes electrical connections across a joint joining adjacent tubular members, such as drill pipe sections in a drill string. A male sleeve, made from an electrical insulating material, is attached to the male end of one pipe section. A number of axially spaced apart male contact members, such as ring segments or buttons, are formed on the outside surface of the male end. The male contact members are spring biased radially outward. Each of the male contact members is radially displaced from the axial centerline of the pipe section by a progressively increasing amount. A female sleeve, also made from an electrical insulating material, is attached to the female end of the other pipe section. A number of female contact members, such as ring segments or buttons, are formed on the inside surface of the female end. Each of the female contact members is radially displaced from the axial centerline of the pipe section by a progressively increasing amount. The axial spacing and radial displacements of the male and female contact members is such that when the pipe section are assembled by threading the male end into the female end, each male contact member makes electrical contact with its intended mating female contact member without ever having contacted any of the other female contact members. Deformable cleaning elements formed on one of the ends wipe clean the contact members formed on the other end as the joint is being assembled. The debris wiped clean is deposited in a groove located in front of the wiper.

    摘要翻译: 联接器,其跨接在相邻管状构件(例如钻柱中的钻管段)的接头处的电连接。 由电绝缘材料制成的阳套筒连接到一个管段的阳端。 在阳端的外表面上形成多个轴向间隔开的阳接触构件,例如环形段或按钮。 阳接触构件被径向向外偏压地弹簧。 每个阳接触构件从管段的轴向中心线径向移位逐渐增加的量。 也由电绝缘材料制成的阴套筒连接到另一管段的阴端。 在阴端的内表面上形成有多个阴接触构件,例如环段或纽扣。 每个阴接触构件从管段的轴线中心线逐渐增加的量径向移位。 阳接触构件和阴接触构件的轴向间隔和径向位移使得当通过将阳端螺纹连接到阴端中来组装管段时,每个阳接触构件与其预期的配合阴接触构件电接触而无需接触 任何其他女性联系人。 形成在其中一个端部上的可变形清洁元件在组装接头时擦拭清洁形成在另一端上的接触构件。 擦拭干净的碎屑沉积在位于刮水器前面的凹槽中。

    Method and apparatus for communicating with devices downhole in a well
especially adapted for use as a bottom hole mud flow sensor
    3.
    发明授权
    Method and apparatus for communicating with devices downhole in a well especially adapted for use as a bottom hole mud flow sensor 失效
    用于与特别适合用作底孔泥浆流量传感器的井中井下设备进行通信的方法和装置

    公开(公告)号:US6105690A

    公开(公告)日:2000-08-22

    申请号:US86418

    申请日:1998-05-29

    IPC分类号: E21B47/18 E21B47/12

    CPC分类号: E21B47/18

    摘要: A method and apparatus for communicating with a device downhole in a well, such as a bottom hole assembly in a drill string. Pressure pulses, such as those generated by the pistons of the mud pump, are transmitted through the drilling mud to a pressure pulsation sensor in the bottom hole assembly. The pressure pulsation sensor features a piezoceramic element that generates a varying voltage signal in response to the received pressure pulsations. The pressure pulsation sensor also has electronic components that allow it to analyze a characteristic of the pressure pulsations, such as their frequency. Based on its analysis of the pressure pulsations, the sensor can decipher a command from the surface, for example, that directs the steering of a steerable drill string, or that can determine whether the mud pumps are operating. If the mud pumps are not operating the sensor directs a microprocessor to reduce power to the bottom hole assembly electrical components, such as a measurement while drilling tool, thereby conserving battery power. The method and apparatus can also be used to control the operation of flow control valves in a multilateral well.

    摘要翻译: 一种用于与诸如钻柱中的底孔组件的井中井下的装置通信的方法和装置。 诸如由泥浆泵的活塞产生的压力脉冲通过钻井泥浆传送到井底组件中的压力脉动传感器。 压力脉动传感器具有压电陶瓷元件,其响应于所接收的压力脉动而产生变化的电压信号。 压力脉动传感器还具有允许其分析压力脉动(例如它们的频率)的特性的电子部件。 基于对压力脉动的分析,传感器可以破译来自表面的命令,例如引导可转向钻柱的转向,或者可以确定泥浆泵是否正在运行。 如果泥浆泵不工作,则传感器指示微处理器以减少底部孔组件电气部件的电力,例如钻孔工具时的测量,从而节省电池电量。 该方法和设备也可用于控制多边井中的流量控制阀的操作。

    Drill string section with internal passage
    4.
    发明授权
    Drill string section with internal passage 有权
    钻柱段内有通道

    公开(公告)号:US06634427B1

    公开(公告)日:2003-10-21

    申请号:US10095174

    申请日:2002-03-11

    IPC分类号: E21B1718

    CPC分类号: E21B17/028 E21B17/18

    摘要: Drill string sections are provided comprising internal passages that may be used to facilitate the electrical or hydraulic connection of multiple devices, such as sensors, arranged at spaced apart positions along the length of the drill sections. Methods of manufacturing the drill string sections are also provided, wherein the internal passages are formed by a first passage, a second passage, and a connecting passage therebetween.

    摘要翻译: 提供了钻柱部分,其包括内部通道,内部通道可用于促进沿着钻孔部分的长度布置在间隔开的位置的多个装置(例如传感器)的电或液压连接。 还提供了制造钻柱部分的方法,其中内部通道由第一通道,第二通道和它们之间的连接通道形成。

    Rotary pulser for transmitting information to the surface from a drill string down hole in a well
    7.
    发明授权
    Rotary pulser for transmitting information to the surface from a drill string down hole in a well 有权
    旋转脉冲发生器,用于从井中的钻柱井下向井表面传送信息

    公开(公告)号:US07327634B2

    公开(公告)日:2008-02-05

    申请号:US10888312

    申请日:2004-07-09

    IPC分类号: H04H9/00

    CPC分类号: E21B47/182

    摘要: A rotary pulser for transmitting information to the surface from down hole in a well by generating pressure pulses encoded to contain information. The pressure pulses travel to the surface where they are decoded so as to decipher the information. The pulser includes housing containing a stator forming passages through which drilling fluid flows on its way to the drill bit, a rotor, and a replaceable wear sleeve enclosing the rotor. The rotor has blades that are capable of imparting a varying obstruction to the flow of drilling fluid through the stator passages depending on the circumferential orientation of the rotor, so that rotation of the rotor by a motor generates the encoded pressure pulses. The rotor is located downstream of the stator and the rotor blades are shaped so that when the motor is not in operation, a hydrodynamic opening torque is imparted to the rotor that tends to rotate the rotor blades away from the circumferential orientation that results in the maximum obstruction and toward the circumferential orientation that results in the minimum obstruction. A torsion spring provides a mechanical force that also tends to rotate the rotor into the orientation that provides the minimum flow obstruction.

    摘要翻译: 旋转脉冲发生器,用于通过产生编码为包含信息的压力脉冲将信息传送到井的井下的表面。 压力脉冲行进到它们被解码的表面,以便破译信息。 脉冲发生器包括容纳定子成形通道的壳体,钻孔流体通过该定子成形通道流入钻头,转子和包围转子的可更换的耐磨套筒。 转子具有叶片,其能够根据转子的圆周方向对穿过定子通道的钻井流体的流动施加不同的阻塞,使得马达的转子旋转产生编码的压力脉冲。 转子位于定子的下游,并且转子叶片的形状使得当电动机不工作时,向转子施加流体动力开启扭矩,转子倾向于使转子叶片远离导致最大值的圆周取向 阻塞并朝向导致最小阻塞的圆周方向。 扭转弹簧提供机械力,其也趋向于使转子旋转到提供最小流动阻塞的取向。