Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Flexible antenna assembly for well logging tools
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Application No.: US15024693Application Date: 2013-12-06
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Publication No.: US10177432B2Publication Date: 2019-01-08
- Inventor: Jesse Kevin Hensarling , Mark Anthony Sitka
- Applicant: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US TX Houston
- Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Houston
- Agency: Haynes and Boone, LLP
- International Application: PCT/US2013/073735 WO 20131206
- International Announcement: WO2015/084411 WO 20150611
- Main IPC: H01Q1/04
- IPC: H01Q1/04 ; G01V3/30 ; E21B47/022 ; E21B49/00 ; H01Q1/08 ; H01Q21/29 ; E21B47/18 ; H01Q11/08

Abstract:
A disclosed example embodiment includes an antenna assembly for use in a well logging system. The antenna assembly includes a flexible, non-conductive cylindrical core having an outer surface and an electrically conductive path positioned on the outer surface of the core. The electrically conductive path forms an electromagnetic coil operable to transmit or receive electromagnetic energy. The electrically conductive path is formed on the core without winding a wire around the core using, for example, a removal process selected from the group consisting of milling, machining, etching and laser removal, an additive process selected from the group consisting of printing with conductive and dielectric inks and silk screening with conductive and dielectric epoxies or an integrated material deposition process such as a multi-material 3D printing process. The antenna assembly may be flexible mounted on a tubular member during assembly of a well logging tool.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160248143A1 Flexible Antenna Assembly for Well Logging Tools Public/Granted day:2016-08-25
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