IP Library Granted Patent US 9,581,016
Granted Patent B2
US 9,581,016 · App. 14/946,913 · Granted Feb 28, 2017

Transmission line for drill pipes and downhole tools

Inventors: Volker Peters (Wienhausen, DE); Detlev Benedict (Celle, DE); Robert Buda (Lower Saxony, DE); Stephan Mueller (Celle, DE); Henning Rahn (Celle, DE); Rene Schulz (Saxony, DE)
Assignee: BAKER HUGHES INCORPORATED
E21B47/12F16L15/00F16L25/01F16L55/00Y10T29/49117
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Patent No.
US 9,581,016
App. No.
14/946,913
Granted
Feb 28, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method of forming a wired pipe transmission line includes: providing an assembly that includes an inner conductor surrounded by an insulating material; attaching a fixation element to the assembly at or near an end thereof; providing a tubular outer conductor; disposing the assembly and the fixation element within the outer conductor; and fixedly attaching the fixation element to the inner portion of the tubular outer conductor.

Claims (15)

1. A wired pipe system comprising:

a wired pipe segment having a first end and a second end;

a first coupler in the first end and a second coupler in the second end; and

a transmission medium disposed in the wired pipe segment between the first and second ends and providing at least part of an electrical path between the first and second couplers, the transmission medium comprising:

an assembly that includes an inner conductor surrounded over at least a portion of its length by an insulating material;

a plurality of separate, spaced-apart fixation elements surrounding and attached to the assembly at or near a single end of the assembly; and

a wire channel surrounding at least a portion of a length of the assembly and the fixation element, the wire channel being fixedly connected to the fixation element.

2. The wired pipe system of claim 1 , wherein the wire channel extends beyond an end of at least one of the inner conductor and the insulating material.

3. The wired pipe system of claim 1 , further comprising:

a connector disposed at least partially between the assembly and a communication coupler, the connector electrically connecting the communication coupler to the inner conductor.

4. The wired pipe system of claim 3 , wherein the connector is at least partially disposed within the wire channel.

5. The wired pipe system of claim 4 , wherein a portion of the inner conductor extends beyond an end of the insulating material and is in electrical contact with the connector.

6. The wired pipe system of claim 1 , wherein the fixation elements are glued to the assembly.

7. The wired pipe system of claim 1 , wherein the fixation elements are cold worked on to the assembly.

8. The wired pipe system of claim 1 , wherein the fixation elements are chemically or thermally bonded to the assembly.

Assignments (6)
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE NAME OF THE ASSIGNEE ON PAGE 2 ABOVE SIGNATURE PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL: 048093 FRAME: 0118. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded Apr 25, 2019
From: BHGE VENTURES & GROWTH, LLC
To: NEXTSTREAM WIRED PIPE, LLC
Reel/Frame 049008/0318 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 5, 2019
From: BAKER HUGHES, A GE COMPANY, LLC
To: BAKER HUGHES OILFIELD OPERATIONS LLC
Reel/Frame 048504/0382 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Mar 4, 2019
From: BAKER HUGHES INCORPORATED
To: BAKER HUGHES, A GE COMPANY, LLC
Reel/Frame 048489/0599 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 22, 2019
From: BHGE VENTURES & GROWTH, LLC
To: NEXTSTREAM WIRED PIPE, LLC
Reel/Frame 048093/0118 →
NUNC PRO TUNC ASSIGNMENT Recorded Dec 14, 2018
From: BAKER HUGHES OILFIELD OPERATIONS LLC
To: BHGE VENTURES & GROWTH LLC
Reel/Frame 047778/0861 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 20, 2015
From: PETERS, VOLKER; BENEDICT, DETLEV; BUDA, ROBERT; MUELLER, STEPHAN; RAHN, HENNING; SCHULZ, RENE
To: BAKER HUGHES INCORPORATED
Reel/Frame 037097/0524 →
Continuity (2)
Continuation 13687618 · Nov 28, 2012
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