ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,735,961, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to Halliburton Energy Services Inc. (Houston).
"Perforating gun system" was invented by Kevin Cook (Alvarado, Texas), Christopher C. Hoelscher (Alvarado, Texas), Matthew Mlcak (Alvarado, Texas), Jason Cook (Alvarado, Texas) and James Wight (Alvarado, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A perforating gun with a primary housing and secondary housing. The primary housing has two cutouts along its axial length. The secondary housing has a flexing element and a spring and is configured to insert into the primary housing. The flexing element has a protrusion on an exterior surface and the protrusion ...