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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 01, 2020
Filed:
Oct. 01, 2015
Applicant:
Intelliserv, Llc, Houston, TX (US);
Inventor:
Robert John DeCosta, Jr., Spanish Fork, UT (US);
Assignee:
Intelliserv, LLC, Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 17/02 (2006.01); E21B 19/087 (2006.01); E21B 47/13 (2012.01); E21B 47/092 (2012.01); E21B 19/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 17/028 (2013.01); E21B 17/02 (2013.01); E21B 19/087 (2013.01); E21B 19/16 (2013.01); E21B 47/092 (2020.05); E21B 47/13 (2020.05);
Abstract
A communicative coupler for a tubular member including a hub having a longitudinal hub axis and a chamber disposed therein, a coil disposed in the hub for electromagnetically communicating with a coil of the tubular member, a shaft having a longitudinal shaft axis, a first end, and a second end, wherein the second end of the shaft is pivotally coupled to the hub, and a positioning assembly disposed in the chamber of the hub that engages the second end of the shaft, and wherein the positioning assembly is configured to allow the longitudinal shaft axis to become laterally offset from the longitudinal hub axis.