Downhole electrical connection
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1. A double shoulder downhole tool connection, comprising:
- box and pin ends having mating threads intermediate mating primary and secondary shoulders;
the secondary shoulder of the box end being in an insert retained in the box end and being intermediate a floating component and the secondary shoulder of the pin end; and
an electrical transmission cable passing through the inserted secondary shoulder of the box end;
wherein the cable comprises a bend at an interface between the inserted secondary shoulder and the floating element.
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Abstract
In one aspect of the invention, a downhole power generation assembly has a downhole tool string component comprising a bore. A collar is rotatably supported within the bore and has a centralized fluid passageway and a plurality of turbine blades. The collar is connected to a power generation element such that rotation of the collar moves the power generation element and induces an electrical current.
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1. A double shoulder downhole tool connection, comprising:
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box and pin ends having mating threads intermediate mating primary and secondary shoulders; the secondary shoulder of the box end being in an insert retained in the box end and being intermediate a floating component and the secondary shoulder of the pin end; and an electrical transmission cable passing through the inserted secondary shoulder of the box end; wherein the cable comprises a bend at an interface between the inserted secondary shoulder and the floating element. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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