WIRED DRILL PIPE HAVING CONDUCTIVE END CONNECTIONS

Apparatus and methods associated with wired drill pipe having conductive end connections are described. In one described example, an end connector for use with drill pipe includes a generally cylindrical body having an outer shoulder and an inner shoulder. In the described example, the outer shoulde...

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Hauptverfasser:	Madhavan, Raghu, Li, Qiming
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng ; fre ; ger
Schlagworte:	BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS COMBINED OPERATIONS CURRENT COLLECTORS EARTH DRILLING EARTH DRILLING, e.g. DEEP DRILLING ELECTRICITY FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS LINE CONNECTORS MACHINE TOOLS METAL-WORKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR MINING OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR ASLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS OTHER WORKING OF METAL PERFORMING OPERATIONS TRANSPORTING UNIVERSAL MACHINE TOOLS
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Zusammenfassung:	Apparatus and methods associated with wired drill pipe having conductive end connections are described. In one described example, an end connector for use with drill pipe includes a generally cylindrical body having an outer shoulder and an inner shoulder. In the described example, the outer shoulder is to engage a shoulder of a drill pipe to be coupled to the body to provide an electrically conductive connection between the body and the drill pipe, and the inner shoulder is to engage an end of the drill pipe. The example end connector also includes a generally cylindrical electrical connector rigidly coupled to the cylindrical body to form at least a portion of the inner shoulder. The generally cylindrical electrical connector is substantially electrically insulated from the cylindrical body and is to contact the end of the drill pipe to provide an electrically conductive connection between the electrical connector and the end of the drill pipe.