Patent 7595737 was granted and assigned to Halliburton on September, 2009 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
A shear coupled acoustic telemetry system. An acoustic telemetry system includes a tubular string having a pressure-bearing wall and an acoustic telemetry assembly positioned external to the wall and operative to communicate an acoustic signal between the assembly and the wall. The assembly may be shear coupled to the wall. The assembly may include a pressure-bearing housing positioned external to the wall.