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Apparatus and methods for self-powered communication and sensor network

  • US 20050207279A1
  • Filed: 02/02/2005
  • Published: 09/22/2005
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/13/2003
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system for communicating between a first location to a second location, comprising:

  • a jointed tubular string having a first section and a second section connected at a connection joint, said tubular string having a fluid in an internal passage thereof;

    a first acoustic transducer mounted in the internal passage of the first section proximate the connection joint; and

    a second acoustic transducer mounted in the internal passage of the second section proximate the connection joint, wherein a signal transmitted from the first location to the second location is transmitted across the connection joint as an acoustic signal in the fluid from the first acoustic transducer to the second acoustic transducer.

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