ANNULAR ELECTRICAL WET CONNECT

摘要

A connector is made up downhole and can connect electrical signal or power circuits. The male component (32) features one or more circumferential bands (28, 30) on the exterior and the female component (12) features like bands (16, 18) on its interior. The bands are preferably covered with removable sleeves (50, 52) until the connection is made up. In the preferred embodiment, the sleeves push each other out of the way as the connection is made up. The bands are preferably cylindrically shaped on their respective supporting connection half to make easy and reliable contact when the connection halves are advanced together without need for rotation to get the desired contact. Seals (56, 62) surround the connected contacts after makeup to keep out well fluids.