Patent ID: 6717501
Filing Date: 2004-04-06
Classification: E21B,F16L,H01R

Abstract:
A system for transmitting data through a string of downhole components, the system comprising:a plurality of downhole components, each with a pin end and a box end, the pin end of one downhole component being adapted to be connected to the box end of an other downhole component, each pin end comprising external threads and an internal pin face distal to the external threads, said internal pin face being generally transverse to a longitudinal axis of the downhole component, and each box end comprising an internal shoulder face with internal threads distal to the internal shoulder face, said internal shoulder face being generally transverse to the longitudinal axis of the downhole component, and wherein the internal pin face and the internal shoulder face are aligned with and proximate each other when the pin end of the one component is threaded into a box end of the other component and wherein the internal pin face and the internal shoulder face of connected components are in a state of compression; a first communication element located within a first recess formed in each internal pin face; a second communication element located within a second recess formed in each internal shoulder face; and a conductor in communication with and running between each first and second communication element in each component.