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Positioning device for shaped charges in a perforating gun module

US10844696B2 · kind B2 · utility

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21Claims

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Assignee

DynaEnergetics Europe GmbH · DE

Inventors

Christian Eitschberger · Munich, DE
Arash Shahinpour · Troisdorf, DE
Gernot Uwe Burmeister · Austin, US
Thilo Scharf · Letterkenny, IE

Key dates

Filing date	Jun 28, 2019
Grant date	Nov 24, 2020
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jun 28, 2039

Classification

Technology area (CPC E)Fixed Constructions
CPC primaryE21B47/09
WIPO fieldCivil engineering
WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A positioning device includes a shaped charge holder. A plurality of shaped charge receptacles formed in the shaped charge holder are configured to arrange a plurality of shaped charges in a desired orientation. The shaped charges are detonated by a detonator in response to an initiation signal. The positioning device may be secured in a perforating gun module, with vertical and horizontal movement of the positioning being inhibited in the perforating gun module.

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