Patents Represented by Attorney Terrence N. Kuherchuk
  • Patent number: 7320363
    Abstract: A slip ring assembly including a slip ring and an electrical contact assembly. The slip ring defines a circumference and an electrical contact groove extending around the circumference of the slip ring. The electrical contact assembly preferably includes a plurality of electrical contacts spaced around the circumference of the slip ring for engaging the electrical contact groove. In addition, an urging mechanism is preferably associated with each of the electrical contacts for urging the electrical contacts toward engagement with the electrical contact groove. Finally, a wiper is preferably associated with each of the electrical contacts for extending within the electrical contact groove to inhibit a fluid from passing through the electrical contact groove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2008
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Byron John Sand, Herman Hinrich Albers, Terrance Dean Maxwell, John Ransford Hardin, Jr.