Patent ID: 8251153

Claim:
A clamping apparatus allowing a downhole line to be fed between downhole tubular members, wherein the clamping apparatus comprises: a. a clamping apparatus first half comprising: (i) a first support arm having an inner surface; (ii) a second support arm having an inner surface, wherein the first support arm is attached to the second support arm by a first connecting wall, and wherein the clamping apparatus first half comprises a first smooth outer surface extending from the first support arm to the second support arm; and (iii) a first grip disposed on a first connecting wall inner surface, wherein the first grip extends from an inner diameter of the first connecting wall and is configured to contact a downhole tubular member; b. a clamping apparatus second half selectively connectable to the clamping apparatus first half, wherein the clamping apparatus second half comprises: (i) a third support arm having an inner surface configured to abut the first support arm inner surface, wherein the first support arm and third support arm form a support surface when contacting one another, and wherein the support surface supports an additional downhole tubular member disposed about the downhole tubular member; (ii) a fourth support arm having an inner surface configured to abut the second support arm inner surface, wherein the third support arm is attached to the fourth support arm by a second connecting wall, and wherein the clamping apparatus second half comprises a second smooth outer surface extending from the third support arm to the fourth support arm, wherein the fourth support arm and second support arm form another support surface when contacting one another, and wherein the additional support surface supports the additional downhole tubular member disposed about the downhole tubular member; and (iii) a second grip disposed on an inner surface of the second connecting wall, wherein the second grip extends from an inner diameter of the second connecting wall and is configured to contact the downhole tubular member, and wherein a space is formed between the downhole tubular member and the first connecting wall, wherein the first space is located between the first support arm or the second support arm and the first grip when the first grip and the second grip are engaged with the downhole tubular member.