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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 31, 2019
Filed:
Jul. 29, 2015
Baker Hughes Incorporated, Houston, TX (US);
Joerg Lehr, Lower Saxony, DE;
BAKER HUGHES, A GE COMPANY, LLC, Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
An apparatus for use in a borehole formed in an earthen formation includes a flex sub having a reduced diameter flex section connecting a first end to a second end, the flex section having a surface radially recessed from an outer surface of the first end and a second end and a shell disposed around the radially recessed surface. The shell is more flexible than the flex section. The shell includes at least one module that has at least one sensor embedded in the shell that estimates a selected parameter of interest. The apparatus may also include a positioning module connected to the flex sub, the positioning module having a plurality of independently extendable ribs configured to selectively laterally position the flex sub in the borehole.