US 11,721,957 B2
Electric submersible pump cable tubing encapsulated cable splice
Taylor Simas, Santa Rosa, CA (US); Andrew Smith, Santa Rosa, CA (US); and Charley Campbell, Santa Rosa, CA (US)
Assigned to ITT MANUFACTURING ENTERPRISES LLC., Wilmington, DE (US)
Filed by ITT Manufacturing Enterprises LLC, Wilmington, DE (US)
Filed on May 17, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/321,642.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/032,818, filed on Jun. 1, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0376580 A1, Dec. 2, 2021
Int. Cl. H02G 1/02 (2006.01); H02G 1/00 (2006.01); E21B 17/02 (2006.01); E21B 17/00 (2006.01); E21B 43/12 (2006.01); H01B 3/42 (2006.01)
CPC H02G 1/005 (2013.01) [E21B 17/003 (2013.01); E21B 17/0285 (2020.05); E21B 43/128 (2013.01); H01B 3/427 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A cable splice assembly comprising:
a tubing encapsulated cable;
an electric submersible downhole cable, wherein the tubing encapsulated cable and the electric submersible downhole cable are tape-spliced through a pair of respective contacts;
a thermoplastic insulator to seal the tubing encapsulated cable, wherein the thermoplastic insulator seals the tubing encapsulated cable in a vicinity of the pair of respective contacts;
a shell to contain the tape-spliced tubing encapsulated cable and the electric submersible downhole cable; and
multiple layers of sealant tape wrapped around at least the tubing encapsulated cable and the thermoplastic insulator inside the shell, wherein a number of layers of the sealant tape is selected to create a pressure blocking seal inside the shell.