US 12,140,015 B2
Apparatus and methods for deploying a sensor in a 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 Sep. 20, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/370,687.
Application 18/370,687 is a continuation 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 2024/0044246 A1, Feb. 8, 2024
Int. Cl. E21B 47/01 (2012.01); E21B 23/03 (2006.01)
CPC E21B 47/01 (2013.01) [E21B 23/03 (2013.01)] 23 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A downhole assembly used with fluid flow, the downhole assembly comprising:
a first tubular body having a first bore for the fluid flow;
a downhole tool connected at a connection to the first tubular body;
a sensor assembly having a carrier and having a sensor for measuring a geophysical parameter, the carrier having a proximal end and a distal end, the sensor supported by the carrier toward the distal end; and
a sensor adapter for coupling the sensor assembly to the first tubular body, the sensor adapter having:
an adapter body disposed at a location in the first bore of the first tubular body; and
an adapter shaft supported in the adapter body and being connected to the proximal end of the carrier,
wherein the sensor adapter defines a plurality of channels formed between the adapter shaft and the adapter body, the channels permitting the fluid flow in the first bore therethrough;
wherein the sensor is only supported by the distal end of the carrier; and
wherein the sensor, being disposed at least to the connection, is distanced from the location of the adapter body in the first bore of the first tubular body.