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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 26, 2017
Filed:
Aug. 07, 2013
Stephan Mueller, Hannover, DE;
Ingo Roders, Celle, DE;
Robert Buda, Lower Saxony, DE;
Rene Schulz, Lower Saxony, DE;
Henning Rahn, Celle, DE;
Detlev Benedict, Celle, DE;
Stephan Mueller, Hannover, DE;
Ingo Roders, Celle, DE;
Robert Buda, Lower Saxony, DE;
Rene Schulz, Lower Saxony, DE;
Henning Rahn, Celle, DE;
Detlev Benedict, Celle, DE;
BAKER HUGHES, A GE COMPANY LLC, Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
An apparatus for communicating a signal to or from a downhole tool includes a drill pipe configured to be rotated to drill a borehole, a tubular under axial tension and secured in the drill pipe, and a retention device secured to the tubular and configured to maintain the tubular under the axial tension. The retention device includes a portion extending from a body of the device in a direction that is non-inward-radial with respect to a longitudinal axis of the drill pipe. The apparatus further includes a transmission line disposed in the tubular and in an opening of the retention device and in communication with the downhole tool.