US 12,252,939 B2
Deflector and stinger for connecting downhole wet mate connectors
David J. Steele, Carrollton, TX (US); and Tyson H. Eiman, Frisco, TX (US)
Assigned to Halliburton Energy Services, Inc., Houston, TX (US)
Filed by Halliburton Energy Services, Inc., Houston, TX (US)
Filed on Aug. 28, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/238,682.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/490,379, filed on Mar. 15, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2024/0309707 A1, Sep. 19, 2024
Int. Cl. E21B 17/02 (2006.01); E21B 47/12 (2012.01); E21B 47/135 (2012.01)
CPC E21B 17/028 (2013.01) [E21B 17/023 (2013.01); E21B 47/12 (2013.01); E21B 47/135 (2020.05)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A deflector sub-system comprising:
a housing defining a flow path;
a first wet mate connector located on an external surface of the housing, the first wet mate connector coupled with an energy transfer line; and
a deflector located adjacent to the first wet mate connector, the deflector positioned in the housing and comprising a deflection ramp to deflect a stinger sub-system laterally and within the deflector sub-system to cause a second wet mate connector of the stinger sub-system to couple with the first wet mate connector, the deflection ramp extending from a first position within the deflector sub-system to a second position within the deflector sub-system, the first position adjacent to an entrance of the deflector sub-system, the second position positioned further into the deflector sub-system than the first position, and a surface of the deflection ramp approaching a central axis of the deflection sub-system from the first position to the second position.