US 12,015,220 B2
Power connector with gripping slips for electrical submersible pump
Mark Bellmyer, Tulsa, OK (US); Joseph Fairconeture, Tulsa, OK (US); and Allen Saunders, Claremore, OK (US)
Assigned to BAKER HUGHES OILFIELD OPERATIONS, LLC, Houston, TX (US)
Filed by Baker Hughes Oilfield Operations LLC, Houston, TX (US)
Filed on Apr. 16, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/232,928.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/011,748, filed on Apr. 17, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0328377 A1, Oct. 21, 2021
Int. Cl. H01R 13/40 (2006.01); E21B 17/02 (2006.01); E21B 43/12 (2006.01); F04D 13/08 (2006.01); H01R 13/04 (2006.01); H02K 5/132 (2006.01); H02K 5/22 (2006.01)
CPC H01R 13/40 (2013.01) [E21B 17/028 (2013.01); E21B 43/128 (2013.01); F04D 13/08 (2013.01); H01R 13/04 (2013.01); H02K 5/132 (2013.01); H02K 5/225 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electrical power apparatus for an electrical submersible well pump motor, comprising:
a motor lead having three side-by-side insulated conductors and a metal strip of armor that wraps around the insulated conductors;
a power connector secured to a lower end of the motor lead for engagement with a receptacle on the motor; the power connector comprising:
a housing having an upper opening into which the motor lead and a lower portion of the armor extend;
at least one electrical insulator in the housing, the insulator having a plurality of holes, each receiving one of the insulated conductors; and
a slips member in engagement with the housing, the slips member having an upper opening into which the lower portion of the armor extends, the slips member having a plurality of fingers with inward protruding teeth that are deflected into gripping engagement with the armor.