US 11,746,624 B2
Modular initiator
Christopher Brian Sokolove, Midlothian, TX (US); Chenghua Han, Sugar Land, TX (US); Faraidoon Pundole, Sugar Land, TX (US); and Jason Hoang Mai, Houston, TX (US)
Assigned to Hunting Titan, Inc., Pampa, TX (US)
Filed by Hunting Titan, Inc., Pampa, TX (US)
Filed on Jul. 24, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/814,521.
Application 17/814,521 is a division of application No. 16/636,571, granted, now 11,492,878, previously published as PCT/US2018/045635, filed on Aug. 7, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/630,048, filed on Feb. 13, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/542,152, filed on Aug. 7, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2022/0356789 A1, Nov. 10, 2022
Int. Cl. E21B 43/1185 (2006.01); F42B 3/182 (2006.01); F42B 3/12 (2006.01)
CPC E21B 43/1185 (2013.01) [F42B 3/121 (2013.01); F42B 3/182 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for assembling a perforating gun string comprising:
coupling a first initiator to a receptacle to form a modular initiator assembly, wherein the receptacle is attached to a circuit board and the first initiator is self-shunted;
plugging the initiator into the receptacle; and
maintaining the shunt during the installation of the initiator to the receptacle, wherein no safety housing is necessary.