US Patent Issued to Greenwell Engineering on June 30 for "Methods and systems for an addressable switch in a cartridge that creates a safe barrier between surface equipment and explosive device" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,669,039, issued on June 30, was assigned to Greenwell Engineering Inc. (Weatherford, Texas).

"Methods and systems for an addressable switch in a cartridge that creates a safe barrier between surface equipment and explosive device" was invented by Gary Shearer (Flint, Texas) and Chris Reed (Canton, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Safe addressable firing controls positioned within a reusable housing that only allows voltage and current from the shooting panel to reach the explosive device by addressing the switch to open allowing electricity to pass through it and setting off the chain reaction during detonation, wherein the safe addr...