US 12,188,344 B2
Charging and communication interface for drill bit nozzle-based sensing system
Bodong Li, Dhahran (SA); Abrar Alshaikh, Saihat (SA); Chinthaka Pasan Gooneratne, Dhahran (SA); Guodong Zhan, Dhahran (SA); and Timothy Eric Moellendick, Dhahran (SA)
Assigned to SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY, Dhahran (SA)
Filed by SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY, Dhahran (SA)
Filed on Jun. 29, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/809,708.
Application 17/809,708 is a division of application No. 17/208,333, filed on Mar. 22, 2021, granted, now 11,414,980.
Prior Publication US 2022/0325615 A1, Oct. 13, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. E21B 47/013 (2012.01); E21B 10/60 (2006.01); G08C 17/02 (2006.01); H01F 38/14 (2006.01)
CPC E21B 47/013 (2020.05) [H01F 38/14 (2013.01); E21B 10/60 (2013.01); G08C 17/02 (2013.01)] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A device comprising:
a stationary platform comprising an upper surface;
at least one slot extending a depth from the upper surface into the stationary platform;
a sensor system configured to be inserted into a nozzle of a drill bit to obtain data and configured to be removed from the nozzle of the drill bit to be placed into the at least one slot in the stationary platform; and
an electrical conductor connected to the at least one slot,
wherein the electrical conductor is connected to at least one power supply and at least one computing device and the electrical conductor is configured to transmit the data from the sensor system to the at least one computing device and transmit power from the at least one power supply to the sensor system.