Electronics frame with shape memory seal elements

1. An electronics frame for a wired pipe drill string, comprising:

a housing arranged to be disposed within the wired pipe drill string, the housing including a chamber formed therein;

one or more electronic components disposed in the chamber; and

a shape memory element disposed in the chamber, the shape memory element transitionable in response to a transition stimulus between a first shape permitting positioning within the chamber and a second shape sealingly engagable with the housing to isolate the one or more electronic components from fluid.

2. The electronics frame of claim 1 , further comprising a sealing feature located in the chamber and disposed between the shape memory element and the housing.

3. The electronics frame of claim 2 , wherein the sealing feature is included by the shape memory element.

4. The electronics frame of claim 2 , wherein the sealing feature is included by the housing at a surface of the chamber.

5. The electronics frame of claim 2 , wherein the sealing feature is a geometric structure located in the chamber and projecting radially between the shape memory element and the housing.

6. The electronics frame of claim 1 , wherein the shape memory element comprises a shape memory alloy.

7. The electronics frame of claim 6 , wherein the shape memory alloy includes nickel and titanium.

8. The electronics frame of claim 1 , wherein the transition stimulus includes heating the shape memory element above a threshold temperature.

9. The electronics frame of claim 1 , wherein the threshold temperature is less than or equal to that required to perform a welding operation on the housing.

10. The electronics frame of claim 1 , wherein the threshold temperature is more than that required to perform a welding operation on the housing.

11. The electronics frame of claim 1 , wherein the one or more electronic components facilitate wired pipe telemetry.

12. The electronics frame of claim 1 , wherein the one or more electronic components include one or more batteries, repeater components, antennas, or a combination including at least one of the foregoing.

13. A coupling assembly including an electronics frame according to claim 1 disposed in a space between an adjacent pair of tubular components.

14. The coupling assembly of claim 13 , wherein one of the tubular components includes a pin and another of the tubular components includes a box couplable with the pin.

15. The coupling assembly of claim 14 , wherein the space is an elongated bore-back formed in the box.

16. A method of isolating an electronic component of an electronics frame for a wired pipe drill string, comprising:

disposing a shape memory element in a chamber formed in a housing of the electronics frame, the shape memory element having a first shape, the first shape enabling positioning of the shape memory element within the chamber;

exposing the shape memory element to a transition stimulus in order to trigger a transition of the shape memory element to a second shape, the second shape enabling engagement between the shape memory element and the housing within the chamber; and

isolating an electronics component disposed in the chamber from fluid due to the engagement of the shape memory element with the housing.

17. The method of claim 16 , further comprising disposing the electronics frame within a coupling assembly between a pair of adjacent tubular components.

18. The method of claim 16 , wherein exposing the shape memory element includes heating the shape memory element above a threshold transition temperature.

19. The method of claim 16 , further comprising installing the electronics frame in a space between two sections of the drill string.

20. The method of claim 19 , further comprising running the drill string downhole.