US 11,719,523 B2
Perforating gun system and method
Terrell Saltarelli, Weatherford, TX (US); and John T Hardesty, Fort Worth, TX (US)
Assigned to GEODYNAMICS, INC., Millsap, TX (US)
Filed by GEODYNAMICS, INC., Millsap, TX (US)
Filed on Apr. 19, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/233,791.
Application 17/233,791 is a continuation of application No. 16/437,754, filed on Jun. 11, 2019, granted, now 11,009,330.
Application 16/437,754 is a continuation of application No. 16/136,459, filed on Sep. 20, 2018, granted, now 10,584,950, issued on Mar. 10, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/613,802, filed on Jan. 5, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0239444 A1, Aug. 5, 2021
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. F42D 1/05 (2006.01); E21B 43/1185 (2006.01)
CPC F42D 1/05 (2013.01) [E21B 43/1185 (2013.01)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A detonator block for housing a detonator, the detonator block comprising:
a body configured to host the detonator;
the body having a first end that is configured to be attached to a sub;
the body having a second end, opposite to the first end, and configured to connect to a gun;
a detonator located inside the body; and
a printed circuit board located inside the body, the printed circuit board being electrically connected to the detonator,
wherein the printed circuit board is shaped to extend around the detonator.