US 12,261,386 B2
Auto-insulating concentric wet-mate electrical connector for downhole applications
Lorenzzo Minassa, Tomball, TX (US); and Marco Antonio dos Santos Fernandes, Macae (BR)
Assigned to HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES, INC., Houston, TX (US)
Filed by Halliburton Energy Services, Inc., Houston, TX (US)
Filed on Jul. 14, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/812,708.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/272,013, filed on Oct. 26, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0131231 A1, Apr. 27, 2023
Int. Cl. E21B 17/02 (2006.01); H01R 13/00 (2006.01); H01R 13/03 (2006.01); H01R 13/40 (2006.01); H01R 43/26 (2006.01); H01R 13/52 (2006.01)
CPC H01R 13/40 (2013.01) [E21B 17/028 (2013.01); H01R 13/005 (2013.01); H01R 13/03 (2013.01); H01R 43/26 (2013.01); H01R 13/5219 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A wet-mate connector assembly comprising:
a male portion having a male electrical contact with a valve metal alloy thereon; and
a female portion having a female electrical contact with the valve metal alloy thereon, the female portion configured to receive the male portion for defining a fluid flow path therein and to form an electrical connection with the male portion,
wherein the valve metal alloy is configured to respond to an electrical charge and a downhole fluid by forming an insulation layer on at least one of the male electrical contact or the female electrical contact in a downhole of a well.