Patent ID: 7291028

Claim:
An electrical connection in a downhole tool string, comprising a downhole tool string tubular component comprising a sidewall comprising a threaded box end further comprising a secondary shoulder and comprising a threaded pin end further comprising a secondary shoulder; a first passageway in the sidewall of the component which opens into a face of the pin end secondary shoulder and a second passageway in the sidewall of the component which opens into an annular groove in a face of the box end secondary shoulder; an actuated electrically conductive pin being communication with an actuator and being disposed within the first passageway adjacent the secondary shoulder of the pin end; and an electrically conductive groove disposed along the annular receptacle; the pin and receptacle being electrically connected by a wire running through the respective passageways; wherein, when the tubular component is threadedly connected to a similarly configured component in the tool string, and the first passageway and the annular groove are proximate one another, and the actuator is energized, the pin is inserted into the receptacle to form an electrical connection between the connected tubular components.