Patent ID: 8308199

Claim:
A gap sub assembly comprising: a female conductive component having a connecting end; a male conductive component having a connecting end inserted into the connecting end of the female conductive component, whereby the connecting ends of the male and female conductive components matingly overlap with each other; at least one of the male and female conductive components having a cavity in an axially extending surface of its connecting end; and an electrical isolator component comprising a substantially dielectric and annular body located between the connecting ends of the male and female conductive components and being bonded to both conductive components such that the conductive components are mechanically and fixedly coupled together but electrically isolated from each other at their connecting ends, the annular body having at least one barrier portion, the at least one barrier portion projecting from an axially extending surface of the annular body and protruding into the cavity of at least one of the connecting ends of the male and female components to impede at least the rotation of the conductive component relative to the annular body.