US 11,732,571 B2
Downhole tool with sensor set(s) sensitive to circumferential, axial, or radial forces
Jonathan Robert Hird, Cambridge (GB); Ashley Bernard Johnson, Milton (GB); Michael Paul Barrett, Histon (GB); Walter David Aldred, Thriplow (GB); Tomas Rosinski, Cramlington (GB); and Jarek Rosinski, Cramlington (GB)
Assigned to SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION, Sugar Land, TX (US)
Filed by Schlumberger Technology Corporation, Sugar Land, TX (US)
Filed on Jul. 28, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/815,795.
Application 17/815,795 is a continuation of application No. 16/833,719, filed on Mar. 30, 2020, granted, now 11,434,748.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/827,373, filed on Apr. 1, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0372864 A1, Nov. 24, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. E21B 47/013 (2012.01); E21B 47/024 (2006.01); E21B 47/007 (2012.01); E21B 47/12 (2012.01); E21B 47/07 (2012.01); E21B 47/017 (2012.01); E21B 47/01 (2012.01); E21B 10/42 (2006.01)
CPC E21B 47/013 (2020.05) [E21B 47/007 (2020.05); E21B 47/01 (2013.01); E21B 47/017 (2020.05); E21B 47/024 (2013.01); E21B 47/07 (2020.05); E21B 47/12 (2013.01); E21B 10/42 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
17. A method of measuring downhole data, comprising:
positioning a downhole tool within a wellbore, the downhole tool including:
a tool body;
a pad coupled to the tool body, the pad including an exterior portion coupled to one or more connecting portions, the one or more connecting portions extending radially inwardly from the exterior portion; and
a plurality of sensors coupled to the one or more connecting portions, the plurality of sensors including two first sensors and two second sensors electrically coupled and oriented in a manner causing the two first sensors and the two second sensors to collectively be sensitive to exactly one of circumferential force, axial force, or radial force;
operating the downhole tool, which includes engaging the pad with a formation, casing, or liner around the wellbore; and
measuring data from the plurality of sensors while operating the downhole tool.