US 12,312,922 B2
Perforating gun assembly and components
Joern Olaf Loehken, Troisdorf (DE); Stefan Purcelean, Troisdorf (DE); Joerg Mueller, Bonn-Lengsdorf (DE); and Benjamin Donauer, Lohmar (DE)
Assigned to DynaEnergetics Europe GmbH, Troisdorf (DE)
Appl. No. 18/260,686
Filed by DynaEnergetics Europe GmbH, Troisdorf (DE)
PCT Filed May 24, 2021, PCT No. PCT/EP2021/063761
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jul. 7, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/148557, PCT Pub. Date Jul. 14, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/157,037, filed on Mar. 5, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/135,944, filed on Jan. 11, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/135,009, filed on Jan. 8, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0076965 A1, Mar. 7, 2024
Int. Cl. E21B 43/117 (2006.01)
CPC E21B 43/117 (2013.01) 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A jacket for housing a shaped charge in a shaped charge carrier, comprising:
a back wall;
a top wall, and a bottom wall spaced apart from the top wall;
a first sidewall extending from the back wall and between the top wall and bottom wall;
a second sidewall spaced apart from the first sidewall, and extending from the back wall and between the top wall and bottom wall;
an open front portion opposite the back wall portion;
an internal cavity defined by the back wall, the top wall, the bottom wall, the first sidewall and the second sidewall, wherein the internal cavity is configured to receive the shaped charge via the open front portion;
a key extending from one of the top wall, the bottom wall, the first sidewall or the second sidewall, wherein the key is configured to be received within one of a plurality of orientation slots formed in the shaped charge carrier;
a retention latch extending from an internal surface of at least one of the top wall, the bottom wall, the first sidewall or the second sidewall, wherein the retention latch extends toward the internal cavity and is configured to secure the shaped charge within the internal cavity; and
a detonating cord receptacle extending from the back wall and extending within the internal cavity.