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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 25, 2014
Filed:
Aug. 01, 2011
Tu Tien Trinh, Houston, TX (US);
Eric Sullivan, Houston, TX (US);
Tu Tien Trinh, Houston, TX (US);
Eric Sullivan, Houston, TX (US);
Baker Hughes Incorporated, Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
An apparatus and method of performing a wellbore operation. The apparatus includes a drill bit that has a cavity at an end thereof and a communication device placed in the cavity. The communication device includes a first section and a second section. An outer dimension of the second section is greater than an outer dimension of the first section. The second section includes a conduit configured to allow passage of a conductor from the drill bit to a location outside the drill bit so as to provide a direct connection of the conductor from the drill bit to an element outside the drill bit.