US 12,264,575 B2
Apparatus and methods for deploying sensor in downhole tool
James H. Taylor, Jr., Houston, TX (US); William Allen Schultz, Jr., Cypress, TX (US); Albert C. Odell, II, Kingwood, TX (US); and Glenn Iversen, Houston, TX (US)
Assigned to Weatherford Technology Holdings, LLC, Houston, TX (US)
Filed by Weatherford Technology Holdings, LLC, Houston, TX (US)
Filed on Jul. 1, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/761,295.
Application 18/761,295 is a division of application No. 18/370,687, filed on Sep. 20, 2023, granted, now 12,140,015.
Application 18/761,295 is a division of application No. PCT/US2022/035143, filed on Jun. 27, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/215,008, filed on Jun. 25, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0360751 A1, Oct. 31, 2024
Int. Cl. E21B 47/01 (2012.01); E21B 23/03 (2006.01)
CPC E21B 47/01 (2013.01) [E21B 23/03 (2013.01)] 22 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A downhole assembly, comprising:
a tubular body defining a bore therethrough and having a wall, the tubular body defining a pocket disposed in the wall of the tubular body;
a downhole tool connected to the tubular body and disposed in communication with the bore;
a sensor assembly disposed in the pocket and having a carrier and a sensor;
a retainer affixed at least to the tubular body and comprising a cover plate disposed over the pocket, the cover plate attached to an outer surface of the tubular body and retaining the sensor assembly in the pocket; and
a dampener disposed around the carrier and engaged with the cover plate and the pocket.