Patent ID: 6398583
Filing Date: 2002-06-04
Classification: E21B,H01R

Abstract:
Apparatus for installing a downhole electrical unit and providing electrical connection thereto, comprising:a first connector having a housing constructed to suspend the electrical unit therefrom and having a first set of contacts spaced longitudinally in the housing and adapted to be connected to the electrical unit; and a second connector constructed to be lowered into the housing of the first connector and having a second set of contacts spaced longitudinally of the second connector and disposed to engage corresponding contacts of the first set, the second set of contacts being adapted to be connected to conductors of an electric cable, wherein the second connector has a device constructed to engage the electric cable and to suspend the second connector from the electric cable to lower the second connector into the first connector, and wherein the second connector has a boot that covers the second set of contacts and that is constructed to engage the first connector and thereby to uncover the second set of contacts as the second connector is inserted into the housing of the first connector.