US 11,982,163 B2
Modular gun system
Adam Dyess, Houston, TX (US); Christopher Brian Sokolove, Midlothian, TX (US); Ryan Bradley, Cypress, TX (US); and Julio Cesar Veliz, Cypress, TX (US)
Assigned to Hunting Titan, Inc., Pampa, TX (US)
Appl. No. 17/632,493
Filed by Hunting Titan, Inc., Pampa, TX (US)
PCT Filed Nov. 8, 2019, PCT No. PCT/US2019/060484
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Feb. 2, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/025716, PCT Pub. Date Feb. 11, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/883,504, filed on Aug. 6, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0282600 A1, Sep. 8, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. E21B 43/118 (2006.01); E21B 43/117 (2006.01); E21B 43/1185 (2006.01); E21B 43/119 (2006.01)
CPC E21B 43/1185 (2013.01) [E21B 43/117 (2013.01); E21B 43/119 (2013.01)] 25 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A perforating gun system comprising:
a cylindrical housing with a bottom end and a top end;
a prewired loading tube assembly disposed within the cylindrical housing and having a corresponding bottom end and top end;
an upper end fitting coupled to the top end of the prewired loading tube and the top end of the cylindrical housing;
a lower end fitting coupled to the bottom end of the prewired loading tube and the bottom end of the cylindrical housing;
upper electrical connections coupled to the upper end fitting;
lower electrical connections coupled to the bottom end fitting;
a selective switch coupled to a detonator connector receptacle disposed within the upper end fitting;
a detonator electrically coupled to the selective switch and further disposed within the upped end fitting;
wherein the detonator has an auto-shunting feature that does not un-shunt until a mating receptacle is inserted; and
wherein the selective switch has a ribbon pigtail with the un-shunting receptacle attached.