US 12,000,217 B2
Shock and vibration reduction in downhole tools
Joachim Sihler, Cambridge (GB); Hutaib Babat, Dammam (SA); and Taihei Ueno, Cambridge (GB)
Assigned to Schlumberger Technology Corporation, Sugar Land, TX (US)
Filed by Schlumberger Technology Corporation, Sugar Land, TX (US)
Filed on Jun. 26, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/341,165.
Application 18/341,165 is a division of application No. 16/943,466, filed on Jul. 30, 2020, granted, now 11,732,534.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/881,040, filed on Jul. 31, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0332473 A1, Oct. 19, 2023
Int. Cl. E21B 17/07 (2006.01); E21B 17/10 (2006.01); E21B 17/00 (2006.01)
CPC E21B 17/07 (2013.01) [E21B 17/1014 (2013.01); E21B 17/00 (2013.01); E21B 17/10 (2013.01)] 7 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A jointed tool, comprising:
a first chassis portion;
a second chassis portion coupled to the first chassis portion at a joint;
a collar positioned around the first and second chassis portions;
one or more pockets in the first chassis portion;
one or more fasteners within the one or more pockets and which couple the first chassis portion to the second chassis portion; and
one or more bumper pads in the one or more pockets and which extend radially beyond an outer surface of the first chassis portion,
wherein the first and second chassis portions and the one or more bumper pads provide three or more points of support between the collar and the first and second chassis portions.