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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 23, 2005
Filed:
Aug. 05, 2003
Kuo-chiang Chen, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Robert C. Smith, Houston, TX (US);
Gary A. Hazen, Houston, TX (US);
Charles Kibbe, New Iberia, LA (US);
Richard A. Rosthal, Houston, TX (US);
Thomas D. Barber, Houston, TX (US);
Stephen D. Bonner, Sugar Land, TX (US);
David T. Oliver, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Kuo-Chiang Chen, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Robert C. Smith, Houston, TX (US);
Gary A. Hazen, Houston, TX (US);
Charles Kibbe, New Iberia, LA (US);
Richard A. Rosthal, Houston, TX (US);
Thomas D. Barber, Houston, TX (US);
Stephen D. Bonner, Sugar Land, TX (US);
David T. Oliver, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Schlumberger Technology Corporation, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Abstract
A well logging tool includes a conductive mandrel; an antenna array disposed around the conductive mandrel, wherein the antenna array comprises a plurality of antennas disposed on insulating supports and at least one contact spacer, the at least one contact spacer having at least one conductor channel having a contact assembly disposed therein; and a sleeve disposed over the antenna array, wherein the sleeve includes at least one electrode, the at least one electrode and the contact assembly adapted to provide a radially conductive path from an exterior of the well logging tool to the conductive mandrel.